III
House Of Shakira
- Style
- Hard-Rock
- Label
- MTM Music
- Year
- 2000
- Reviewed by
- Chris
/ 100
Killing songs: In Your Head, Miracle, Time That Passed
I guess that 3 is the number of albums they have made. Personally this is the
first one I've heard from them so I won't be able to tell you if it's best than
their precedent efforts.
Musically the guys are talented, nice guitars, cool drumming and a fairly good
vocals, although the "boys band" touch in some choirs is too bad (especially
when they use words like fucking). Their main problem is in song-writing, where
there is almost no originality at all and it's a shame since their musicianship
would allow them to do pretty cool things if they concentrate on writing more
interesting songs. The overall sounds like it have been heard a thousand times, plain old 80's Hard-Rock,
with some good guitar moments and nice catchy choirs driven choruses... but
in the end you'll have the feeling to know every single one of the song and
that this version doesn't bring anything new. Except songs like In Your Head
(very cool !) or Miracle that reminds good old Bon Jovi, I couldn't find much
to hang on to.
Not bad but due not very original and a bit too "boys band" for metal
too my taste. I cannot really recommend this album unless you're a dying fan
of 80's Hard-Rock and need to have every CD that falls into the category. A
band with potential that need to work on their originality. Not too bad if you
want to take a metal break then and there and have some cool easy and cathy
tunes as background music, but there's much better albums in
the past that will do the job more efficiently.