Album review: ANGELINE – Rhythm of One
Blow Your Fez Off Music [Release date 03.03.25]
Angeline is not a band this reviewer has heard much from prior to this new album, their fifth since reuniting in 2010 (Angeline first started back in 1987). Fellow GRTR! reviewer Nikk Gunns did review their 2018 release ‘Shadowlands’ and was impressed, “drew me right in though with their straight ahead polished, big energy rock.”
The band consists of Joachim Nilsson (vocals, guitars & keyboards), Jan-Eric Arkegren (guitars), Ulf Nilsson (bass) and Torbjörn Jonsson (drums & percussion).
Angeline certainly knows how to pen upbeat melodic rockers with ‘Now You See Me (Now You Don’t)’ one of those tunes that should be all over mainstream and rock radio.
One of the band’s undoubted strengths is that they have been touring and recording together for so long that they have a highly polished studio sound, always a big plus in this genre of music. Take the title track that has a Scandi rock groove and vocal harmonies beloved of Harem Scarem, which are also used to good effect on the 1980’s melodic rock sound on ‘When We Were Young’.
The album maintains its quality right up until the closing track, the hard rocking ‘Til’ the Bitter End’. The sort of song Europe should do or indeed Treat still do.
Enjoyable, high quality melodic hard rock from Angeline, who know what they want sound wise and deliver it in spades. ***1/2
Review by Jason Ritchie
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