Fullforce - Next Level

Published November 14 2012

*=Staff's pick	Broken Dreams Break It, Crack It, Destroy It Back To Life A Night To Remember Karma* Whispers* Smile At The World Hate…Love…Drop It! Visions Course Of Life Awesomeness Mysterious Ways Strongest Thing Of All

Genre	Melodic Hard Rock	Mike Andersson	Vocals
Tracks	13	Stefan Elmgren	Guitar
Running time	51 Min.	Stefan Rosqvist	Guitar
Label	SPV/Steamhammer	Tommy Larsson	Bass
Release	29 October 2012	Anders Johansson	Drums
Country	Sweden	See review	Keyboard
Producer	Fullforce
Similar artists	---

Keyboards by Mike Andersson, Stefan Elmgren and Stefan Rosqvist.

With a new guitarist, Stefan Rosqvist, in the band replacing CJ Grimmark after his departure earlier this year, Swedish outfit Fullforce releases their second effort in just over a year. A band with a couple of members who need no further presentation to the fan of heavy music and if you are eager to find out more, search their sites on the links below or have a look at Wikipedia.

Fullforce plays melodic hard rock that feels kind of ordinary and not especially captivating or fascinating. Only a few songs get my neck muscles somewhat in motion and most of the stuff passes me by without any reflections. It's not crap, but the riffs feel a bit weak and powerless, the melodies don't feel natural and the attempts to create catchiness never reaches out and seems to be stuck deep within.

I've listened to Next Level well over a dozen times and most songs give me no real satisfaction. A lack of songwriting skills is evident to me and the touch of progressive stuff is experimented, constrained and plastic. Speedier song Whispers touches my senses to some degree and so does Karma, but I guess that's it. Perhaps someone out there digs the hell out of this album, but it's certainly not my cup of tea. 3 chalices to Next Level.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	7	3

Summary
3 chalices of 10 - Tobbe