Sweet & Lynch - Only To Rise

Published February 01 2015

*=Staff's pick	The Wish* Like A Dying Rose Love Stays Time Will Tell Rescue Me Me Without You Recover* Divine September* Strength In Numbers* Hero-Zero Only To Rise

Genre	Hard Rock	Michael Sweet	Vocals
Tracks	12	Michael Sweet	Guitar
Running time	49 Min.	George Lynch	Guitar
Label	Frontiers Records	James Lomenzo	Bass
Release	23 January 2015	Brian Tichy	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Michael Sweet
Similar artists	---

Yet another project among all different projects and like many times before on Frontiers Records, this is a lineup that's originally initiated by the company's diligent president Serafino Perugino. If you take a quick look at the band's lineup, it isn't exactly something that's based on a bunch of newcomers to the scene and lots of fans to heavier music already know these names in and out.

Sweet & Lynch is definitely an interesting and congealing combination all together. I feel that this unit is able to really come out strong with elegant, fresh and viable music, which contains loads of beautiful guitar plays, hooks and a really efficient vocal performance by Sweet. The album is basically not a well varied product, spanning over different types of music and most of it stays pretty safe within the framework of hard rock.

The guys seem to really thrive on the challenge of making a great and attainable album with only a limited amount of time at hand. The music is something that's absolutely sprung out of sheer talent and confidence and these rockers are definitely in no need of readjusting their most basic features, in order to bring forward a valid outcome. In total, I think that this one is a rather impressive album, without obvious fillers and without any bigger shortages.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
8	5	8	8	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tobbe