Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave
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Published May 31 2008
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Genre |
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal |
Jorn Lande
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Vocals
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Tracks |
9 |
Tore Moren
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Guitar
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Runningtime |
46 Min. |
Jorn Viggo Lofstad
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Guitar
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Label |
Frontiers
Records |
Sid Ringsby
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Bass
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Release |
06 June 2008 |
Willy Bendiksen
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Drums
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Country |
Norway |
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Keyboard
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Similar artists |
Masterplan,
Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Dio |
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Jorn Lande is a busy man. Lonely Are The Brave is his
fifth solo album with original material since the release of the debut
Starfire in 2000. During this period he has been a member of Masterplan,
Allen/Lande, Beyond Twilight, Millenium and Ark, participated in numerous
projects such as Ayreon and Avantasia for example and if that wasn't
enough he also has released a live album, one compilation with re-recorded
songs and a cover album. Phew!
Lonely Are The Brave was recorded with the direction of
renowned producer Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, TNT) and the
final product leaves you with a feeling of déjà vu. The
sound and song writing from his previous solo efforts is recycled, classic
hard rock with a metal edge. The lack of progression is one aspect why
this album fails to impress me. Already on the predecessor, entitled
The Duke, I noticed that the quality of the song writing had decreased
a bit from what he offered on albums like Worldchanger and Out To Every
Nation. On Lonely Are The Brave this fact is more than evident; despite
that there are only 8 new songs (Hellfire is a remake of a song which
he originally recorded with Beyond Twilight) the album consists of fillers
and the highlights are few. This is probably not leftovers from The
Duke, but it most certainly feels that way.
This is by no means bad and the performance is of course
top notch. The title track is a decent opener that would have qualified
on his previous works and the melodic Promises is in fact great and
really works as a wake-up call during the ride. Hellfire is also a superb
composition even if I prefer the original version that he did with Beyond
Twilight. The doomy Soul Of The Wind is an interesting composition as
well which strongly reminds me of Candlemass and Black Sabbath. The
rest however is quite uninspired a-day-at-the-job material that we have
heard from Mr Jorn a dozen times before with the exception that it was
much better then.
I strongly recommend Jorn to consider working with other
song writers in the future, or at least focus on one essential detail;
take your time and don't rush to the studio until you have much better
material. I would hate to see this downward spiral continue considering
the fantastic voice he is in possession of.
See
also review of: Life
On Death Road , Traveller
, Symphonic
, The Duke , The
Gathering , Unlocking
The Past
Performance
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Originality
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Production
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Vocals
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Songwriting
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Summary
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