As a big fan of AOR and Melodic Rock, I must admit that many - too many - of the new bands and records of the last ten years or so in the genre has been underwhelming. Same song-structure, same sound, same production. At times it has even been hard to tell some acts apart. But there are always exceptions. Swedish act Arctic Rain is one of those exceptions. The band - Tobias Jonsson (vocals), Magnus Berglund (guitars), Gert Daun (bass), Jörgen Jönsson (drums) and Pete Alpenborg (keyboards), the latter known as a song writer who has contributed lots to many projects from the Frontiers label - knocked me out back in 2020 with a Melodic Rock/AOR album that sounded fresh and vital and while not revolutionary by any means, they sported a personal sound with shitloads of great songs.
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