Time once again to tone down the heavier elements in heavy metal and break out the acoustic guitars, pianos and softer vocals. Yes, time once again to don the iron glove in the
First out of the gate this time around is the US band Lillian Axe, with a track from their second album which is called “Love + war”. This is “The world stopped turning”.
Heavily classically-influenced as you would expect, this is “shred-king” Yngwie Malmsteen, from his album “The seventh sign”, and a track called “Forever one”.
With my renewed respect for bands from Finland, how about Thunderstone? This is a lovely piano ballad from their second album, “The burning”, this is called “Sea of sorrow”.
The last album to feature Ritchie Blackmore, here's Deep Purple, from “Stormbringer”, with “Soldier of fortune”.
And we'll wrap this up with one of my favourites, this is Bonfire, with “Give it a try”.
