New Device – Taking Over

Releasedate: 20-07-2009; Label: Powerage Records
By: Nina Mende

New Device are a hard rock band from South East England, UK. Influenced by the stadium rock giants of the late 80’s and early 90’s such as Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith and Metallica, New Device manage to achieve a sound where so many others fail; authentic, solid, blues based hard rock, written by real life long fans of rock music. New Device was formed in London, England, in October 2007. Each member had previously met or played in bands with one another enjoying success releasing music internationally and touring with the likes of Bullet For My Valentine, Funeral For A Friend and My Chemical Romance, and although New Device is in its infancy, they have without a doubt earned their stripes on road.

The beginning of the album has the typical 80s style of music with many guitar solos and the typical vocal style from then. But it doesn’t sound like yet another remake. No, New Device are naturally sounding like that and their songs don’t sound like heard before. The catchy tunes are very great to sing and dance along. Even the longest solo doesn’t get boring nor does the album itself. “In The Fading Light” is a very emotional song, slow and romantic. Several other songs are quite fast like for example “On Fire”. Many songs have an easy chorus , which is perfect to shout along on live shows. The music is also very good for rocking along. Another slow song is “Moth To The Flame”. “HEAVEN KNOWS” begins with an acoustic guitar and somehow reminds of 30 Seconds to Mars. I guess if you call the first half of the album old school rock and the second half new age rock you got it down quite well and have a nice impression of what to find on it. A nice album.

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