Electric Haze – Get In Line
Release Date: 28th May 2021
Label: Idle North Records
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Genre: Rock, Hard Rock.
FFO: Kiss, ACDC, Whitesnake, Dio.
Review By: Snidely Whiplash
YOOOOOOOO!!! It’s Snidely Whiplash. They asked me to do another review, so I must not be pissing off the powers that be too bad. Back in the Metal Epidemic review hotseat for another band in the firing line! Let’s tee what we have today!
Today we’ll be taking a look at Swedish band ELECTRIC HAZE and their second release GET IN LINE. From the starting song Succuba to the closer Cryin, this band knows how to groove. This is the kind of band that you heard all through the 80s. I hate to type them as hair metal or 80s rock, but these are the bands that never quite made it, but should have back in the day. From cool acoustic guitar lines that remind you of Stairway To Heaven on the ballad Cavern Of Pain to the cool bass melodies running rampant on Cryin. LOVE IT!! Great stuff. This is definitely a band that, to me, sounds like Bonham and bands like that. Very cool!
The guitars have a slick, and tight groove to them. Tommy Toyra knows how to lay them down for certain. He jumps through the tones too. Not just sitting in the high C.C.Deville register or laying in the thick, dirty Alice In Chains domain. He jumps back and forth smoothly and easily. Good stuff! Andre Ekstrom is sometimes content to sit back and noodle with the guitars on his bass, but other times he is playing some complex melodies and keeping the root laid down all at once, just like a John Paul Jones style of bass. You have to love that. Johan Andersson plays the drums like a beast. From his slick intro on Woah! to his texture driven back beats on Cryin, he keeps it tight and drives it loud when he wants. Vocalist Anton Ekstrom has a smooth and powerful voice. He screams it out at times in that Brian Johnson, ACDC feel, but he usually sits in that smooth Joe Lynn Turner area with less vibrato. Comfortable to sing along with in the main sections and adding his own flare that lights it up when he wants it.
Overall, this band turns through that good-time rock and roll feel very nicely. Ol’ Snidely is a sucker for that fun, up-tempo rock. I love a good head-banger too, but this just sits right in my pocket and makes me wanna sing along and smile. A job well done and a release you’re going to want to check out for yourself. It’s going to be on my playlist!
(5 / 5)
