Album title: Close to the Sun
Artist:Place Vendome
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
Nationality: German
Release date: February 24
Position in Discography: Fourth
Fear Factor: Very Low
Familiar with this artist? Yes
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Very
Average RYM Score: 3.33
I've heard two of the four albums from Michael Kiske's foray into AOR, and liked both of them, and this one includes guest guitar from his ex-Helloween bandmate Kai Hansen, so what's not to like? Helloween fans may snap at Kiske for “selling out”, but some of the work PV have put out has been, in my opinion, as heavy as some of the best of the famous German Power Metal band. ****, it's not like he suddenly started writing pop tunes! Get over yourselves, Helloweeners!
Yeah well I have to admit, though I like this, as I knew I would, it's not really impressing me as much as I had hoped it would. A little generic, so far. The ballad “Strong” is a nice highlight, but no, overall I'd have to say I'm a lot more disappointed with this than I had expected to be. It's kind of, as Batty said recently, bleh.
Check out more from this artist? I've still to listen to the second album, so I guess we'll see
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Always
Expectation Index: 8