American Angel and Sonic X Reviews

[TageRyche]

Two new reviews I've done are now online:

American Angel - Vanity

SONIC X
Thirteen
Chavis Records 2007

" The 2nd album from Sonic X comes off as a solid if relatively standard collection of tracks that range from the basic hard rock format to the more metallic sounding material like “Disgrace”. That song features a killer guitar solo. The ballad “Breathe” avoids the path to sappy by adding just the right touch of crunch. The other two tracks that stood out best to me were “Carried Away” and the rocker “My Condition”.

I haven’t been able to put my finger on exactly who Adam Troy reminds me of as a vocalist, but there is a familiarity to his voice for some reason. I was a little disappointed when doing some research online for this disc to find rather important things missing from my review copy. The first thing is that the title of the disc appears nowhere on it. Also, the track listing online says there is supposed to be 16 tracks to the CD. Sadly, the disc I have has only 13. The phrase “the devil is in the details” is perhaps something that needs to be reinforced to whoever is responsible for that particular aspect.

In all, while I’m not going to run off and become a fanatical worshipper of the band, I did enjoy a majority of the band’s songs on Thirteen and will be interested in hearing more as time goes by."

3 out of 5