Quick plays: PAUL TASKER, BLACK LAKES, D’ERCOLE

PAUL TASKER Tierra Quemada Yellowroom Records [Release date 01.04.22]

Paul Tasker is now releasing his second instrumental album, best known for being co-songwriter with Doghouse Roses and a previous member of the Willard Grant Conspiracy. The album’s title translates to scorched earth, chosen due to a family connection with Valencia in Spain, and a musical connection to a natural world in need of help.

Opener ‘Womble The Sausage Dog’ actually features Paul Tasker on banjo, as apparently his neighbour’s dog the song is name after didn’t like the sound of Tasker’s guitar playing but enjoyed the banjo!

‘Murmuration’ fair rattles along at a feisty pace, whilst at the other end of the scale ‘DMT’ is just his guitar playing. Saying just underplays the playing and performance on here, simply wonderful.

‘After The Rain’ adds gentle violin and trumpet to the guitar playing, making it one of the album’s stand outs.

A perfect album to unwind to and enjoy the musicianship contained in the album. ****

Review by Jason Ritchie

BLACK LAKES For All We’ve Left Behind Website [Release date 22.03.22]

Welsh six piece Black Lakes consist of vocalist Will Preston, guitarists Scott Brashaw, James Rowlands & Dylan Burris, bassist Lee Harris and drummer Dafydd Fuller.

The songs on the album deal with a wide variety of themes, from loss, to anger at the present state of the world we live in, to finding strength through pain.

Black Lakes certainly craft slices of anthemic alt metal, with ‘Avarice’ and ‘The Divide’ are the pick of the bunch. The band do sound better when they reign in the screaming side of their music, plus they have an enjoyable mix of guitar styles/effects throughout the course of the album.

Good, solid modern metal with something to say. ***

Review by Jason Ritchie

D’ERCOLE 8 Rock Company Records [Release date 26.03.22]

Album number eight from D’Ercole, who feature Damian D’Ercole and the man of many albums, Phil Vincent.

D’Ercole peddle catchy melodic hard rock, whose songs feature plenty of guitar solos. On the previous album Vince O’Regan helped out on those, however, not so sure who bends the strings on this one.

They pen some really good hard rockers like ‘Hands Of Time’ and ‘Point Of View’, which are streets ahead of songs churned out on these endless studio projects on certain other record labels. On ‘Vanilla Sky’ they stretch themselves musically, as well as song length wise as it clocks in at over eight minutes.

Another fine album of melodic hard rock from D’Ercole that will satisfy exisiting fans, and if you’ve yet to hear anything by them, what are you waiting for? Jump on in! ***1/2

Review by Jason Ritchie

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