Album Review: Alter Bridge – Pawns And Kings Album Reviews CD Reviews by Hear2Zen Magazine - October 13, 2022October 13, 20220 Personal highlights – the instantly entrancing, angelic, harmonized vocals at the beginning of ‘Fable of the Silent Son’- the gritty and dirty groove in ‘Sin After Sin’ – the catchy hook and tempo changes in ‘Silver Tongue’ and the shared lead vocals with goose bump worthy harmonies in radio-friendly ‘Stay’. In my opinion, the standout track that holds all the qualities of an Alter Bridge fan favourite is ‘Last Man Standing’.
Album Review: Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 Album Reviews CD Reviews News by Hear2Zen Magazine - September 9, 2022September 9, 20220 This album is 61 minutes of pure Ozzy bloody Osbourne, long time fans have got so much familiarity to enjoy, new fans have got a smorgasbord of killer intros to just what makes the Prince of Darkness such a God amongst men. You’ll be shouting for Sharon to bring you another helping in no time
Album Review: Chocolate Starfish – The Beautiful Addiction CD Reviews by Hear2Zen Magazine - June 13, 20210 Artist: Chocolate StarfishTitle: The Beautiful AddictionReviewer: Andrew Treadwell Chocolate Starfish are back with a new album “The Beautiful Addiction”. Recorded during the pandemic the album is produced by Tim Henwood. Thompson also reflects on the album being recorded during the pandemic “The one thing it gave us was time. We haven't had the opportunity to spend so much time on an album since our debut and it allowed us to get to the nitty gritty of each song, which has been a great plus for us” The first single “What's Up?” was originally by 4 Non Blondes has been part of the live staple for a while as Adam described in our interview “ It started out in the breakdown of You're
Album Review: Mammoth WVH – Mammoth WVH CD Reviews by Hear2Zen Magazine - June 11, 20210 For those of us with an open mind, there will be more than one “Something” on this album that we gravitate to. I know that’s how it was for me.
Review: Myles Kennedy – The Ides Of March CD Reviews by Hear2Zen Magazine - May 16, 20211 Artist: Myles KennedyAlbum: The Ides of MarchRelease Date: 14 th May 2021Reviewed by: Anne-Marie Jones The Ides of March is the anticipated second solo offering from Myles Kennedy - frontman of rock outfits Alter Bridge and Slash, Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators. The thumping drum and bass intro to first track “Get Along” is an instant indication that we are in for a rockier sound than Myles’ more acoustic and country sounding first release, Year of the Tiger. Lyrically, Get Along is resonant of the crazy times the world has been living in and an anthemic call for everyone to come together and ‘get along’. A theme that seems consistent throughout the album. Myles cements himself as the guitar virtuoso many