(DangerDog.com)
On their third release, Another Paradise, Italy's Edge of Forever comes back with some renovations and renewed energy. Most significant is the fact that keyboardist Alessandro Del Vecchio has stepped up to the microphone, and taken on the producing responsibilities. Some things, however, have not changed. Edge of Forever still delivers bold melodic hard rock, often with an obvious metal edge and a big arena sound. Clearly, with only a single listen, it's Del Vecchio who is at the helm and quite possibly the main focus on Another Paradise. His vocals, sounding somewhere near a Tobi Sammett and James Christian beating up on Jon Bon Jovi, and keyboards are clearly the focal point here. Fortunately, Del Vecchio is up to the task delivering with strength and versatility. He shines throughout, with I Won't Call You and Distant Voices being standouts.
As for the work as a whole, this is grand melodic hard rock with some ambitious and bombastic statements. What I've Never Seen, with ex-EOF singer Bob Harris on backing vocals, the aforementioned Edge of Life with Carsten Schulz, and the arena ready anthem I Won't Call you are ones to bring the house down. EOF gets a little heavier invoking more melodic metal on songs like Distant Voices, Edge of Life, and the closer Against the Wall. Great stuff that makes you want to crank the stereo to eleven.
As good as this disc is there are some sore points. My Revenge is a muddy mix of heavier rock with little appeal, and the god awful cover of Irene Cara's What a Feeling from the 80's dance movie Flashdance was a poor choice for a rock album. Somebody in the band needs either their ass kicked or given a double dose of Viagra after picking that one. It's a song for neutered wimps. Yet, with those exceptions, Edge of Forever's Another Paradise is a rip roaring example of highly entertaining European melodic hard rock, a solid effort from a talented band.
(Melodic.net)
Edge Of Forever are back with a brand new 3rd album called Another Paradise. The mastermind behind this band is keyboardplayer Alessandro Del Vecchio. The debut was released in 2004 called Feeding The Fire and had Bob Harris from Axe on vocals. Jeff Scott Soto did a duet with Bob Harris on the debut. 2nd album Let The Demon Rock 'N' Roll was released 2005 yet again with Bob Harris on vocals. This time around Alessandro has taken over the vocals and has done a great job, he sounds very impressive. This is a great album filled with fantastic melodic hardrock with AOR touches. The keyboards has a big roll in EOF sound and they have come up strong melodies, hooks, powerful and catchy choruses. The production on this album is perfect and the album sounds huge. Distant Voices is a powerful rocker with big hooks and great harmonies. The keyboards are awesome on this one. Another Paradise is a riff strong rocker with a powerful chorus with great background vocals. Lonely is a AOR/Pomp song with a brilliant chorus, a song that reminds of Frontline meets Biloxi. Best song on the album is the bombastic Edge Of Life, this is a huge sounding rocker with a fantastic chorus were Carsten “Lizard” Schulz (Evidence One) sings background vocals. They do a brilliant cover of Irene Cara's classic song What A Feeling and this version rocks big time with heavy riffs, pompish keyboards and huge background vocals. The only song that feels average is My Revenge that is just OK nothing more. Another Paradise is damn good album and I think this is their best so far. So if you enjoy bands like Axe (there later stuff), Guild Of Ages, Rox Diamond and Frontline then this is something you MUST check out.
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