Album review: AMAZE ME – Guilty As Sin
AOR Heaven (Released 25th May)
Amaze Me are a duo consisting of Peter Broman, who plays all the instruments and wrote the songs and vocalist Conny Lind (ex-Great King Rat/Mattsson). Their last album was released over ten years ago, although AOR Heaven did release a best of last year through their Classix off shoot label.
The album is full of AOR delights from the Def Leppard approved harmonies on ‘Dying To Be Loved’ through to the mid-paced AOR of the title track. ‘With Or Without You’ is simply immense, be it the banks of keyboards or the hook filled chorus. This is what good AOR/melodic rock songs are all about. You wouldn’t think it is only one man playing all the music and even the guitar solos fit the music perfectly, as sometimes on these duos the guitar solos can be the weakest link.
This new album will be sure to satisfy fans of the band and hopefully draw in a few new listeners as Amaze Me are often left out of discussions of classic Scandinavian bands. Along with the new Bai Bang, AOR Heaven have a couple of ‘must have’ albums here.
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Jason Ritchie
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