Hell In The Club - Devil On My Shoulder

Published November 05 2014

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Genre	Hard Rock	Dave	Vocals
Tracks	13	Picco	Guitar
Running time	48 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Scarlet Records	Andy	Bass
Release	04 November 2014	Fede	Drums
Country	Italy	-	Keyboard
Producer	Simone Mularoni
Similar artists	Edguy, Steel Panther

This Italian unit's debut album, Let The Games Begin, was released in early 2011 and almost 4 years later a few members of mainly Elvenking, Secret Sphere and Death SS have again teamed up in Hell In The Club to write and record something that's totally different than what their main bands usually do. The band intertwines some different aspects and some varied approaches in the music, containing a few moments of very old rock influences, but still stays solid in the hard rock vein, with an evident party mode involved on top, including not all too serious lyrical contents from time to time throughout the record.

When I hear Italy together with any kind of heavy music, I instantly think about folk metal and progressive or symphonic power metal. Hell In The Club is decidedly separated from those groups of music styles and basically performs some kind of cheerful and easygoing hard rock with an accurate and catchy appearance. The songs are generally captivating, even if the record loses its most massive impact towards the end. I truly have a good time listening to the first half of the disc, which comprises 4-5 really attractive songs which all have contagious choruses and structures in the music that set your body in a rocking motion. This is positively a good record with a vibrant attitude.

See also review of: Shadow Of The Monster

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	6	6	7	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tobbe