Red Rose release their new album which called "On The Cusp Of Change".
The album was once again produced by Tommy Hansen at Jailhouse Studios, with extraordinary Matan Shmuely (of Orphaned Land fame)
sitting behind the drums and the rest of the band laying down an astonishing performance, on every possible level.
Red Rose were able to reach a new, higher level of maturity and musical complexity, delivering 8 tracks of astonishing beauty.
This project starts with the song "When Roses Faded" and the intro of this song reminds something from the Israel where the band
came from. This track is one of the best of this cd. Then come songs like "Chasing Freedom", "King Of The Local Freedom",
"This Bitter World" and other, which shows the music genre of the band and of the "On The Cusp Of Change".
The most tracks on this disc is full of melodic rock and AOR music, but you will find some ingredients of progressive hard n' heavy
rock. Excellent vocals, very good drums and bass and amazing guitar. You will find a lot of good guitar solo on this album and a
lot of passion and power on the fingers of the guitarists and on the voice of the singer. But this that will blow your mind is the
keyboard, that made awesome job. Is simple, is sweet and very melodic. You will understand that on the songs "Alone In The Dark"
and "Seize The Day". These are bittersweet ballad with a mix of keys, vocals and a little bit of guitar on the first.
A tip for these two songs....Close your eyes and enjoy!
If you listen carefully you can see that this band reminds you a little bit of Sonata Arctica, Jaded Heart and Avalon.
Tracks that you must absolutely listen from the album "On The Cusp Of Change" :
When Roses Fade
King Of The Local Freedom
Alone In The Night
Don't Believe This Tales
Seize The Day
The Album is going to be released on 26 February 2013. BeRock RadioThanks Scarlet Records for providing this Album for reviewing.
Steve Xanthis: 9.0/10
" However, the personality of the band of Israel is appeared good enough and this makes the album "On The Cusp Of Change"
not gone unnoticed."
For BeRock Radio MiniZine (2013)