BARISH KEPIC (Jaded Heart) - Addiction (2013)

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Guitarist and songwriter BARISH KEPIC joined German Melodic Hard rockers Jaded Heart in 1998 for the great 'IV' album, recording as well on the solid 'Helluva Time'.
For the latter, Barish was involved more with the songwriting and as himself said, about 80% of the music on there was originally written for his first solo record.
So this gives you an idea of the material present in this, his 2nd album "Addiction": this is not just a 'shredder' recording, all are song-focused numbers.

Barish is currently member of rockers PowerLorld, so he has not lost the 'band sense' for this new solo album. Mostly instrumental, "Addiction" sounds cohesive and like a real band album where the vocals are replaced by the guitars, in a way that the six-strings seems singing.
There's a vocal track by the great Michael Bormann (ex- Jaded Heart as well) in the very good version of Jimi Hendrix's classic "Little Wing", but the star of the disc is Kepic's complete playing and songwriting.

Rocking pieces like opener "Only By Night", the groovy earlier Satriani-influenced "Lost In Samsara", the dynamic "The Long Road" or the awesome ballad "Addiction" are a pleasure to the ear.
This is definitely a Hard Rock record without main singer but with a monster guitar work that replaces the lungs with a terrific '6-string voice'.
A must for every guitar freak but also to any hard rocker out there eager for well crafted songs played with heart & soul and a first class production.
Very Good.


01 - Only By Night
02 - The Long Road
03 - Lost In Samsara
04 - Vagabundear
05 - Blue Hearted
06 - All That Idle Talk
07 - Addiction
08 - While The City Sleeps
09 - Book Of Destiny
10 - Inside Illusions
11 - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Barish Kepic - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
Sepp Bauer - Drums
Michael Bormann - Vocals
Chity Somapala - Keyboards
Ferdy Doernberg - Keyboards

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JADED HEART - Common Destiny (2012)

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Germany and Sweden are recognized for their top class Melodic Hard Rock acts, and if you take musicians from both countries into one outfit you can expect a great musical delivery.
That's the case of hard rockers JADED HEART, whose ranks not only German's Mad Max drummer Axel Kruse but also Swedish singer Johan Fahlberg.
"Common Destiny" is the 11th album by this solid band celebratring their twentieth anniversary.

On this new album Jaded Heart is better than never, offering their trademark 'widescreen rock', stadium-ready Euro Hard Rock full of fat sounds, modern-inspired riffs, subtle keyboards and big choruses.
Although certainly more rooted in the Melodic Rock sector, "Common Destiny" beat your ears on many places with pretty metallic sounds - such as the stomping groovy "Saints Denied", filled with crunchy riffs and a stunnig lead guitar work by swedish chief guitarist Peter Östros.
On tracks like "Buried Alive", "Are We Mental" and "Life Is Beautiful", Jaded Heart excels in the '80s-style choruses with its Whitesnake feel, largely due to Johan Fahlberg's golden throat who has added to the band's sound a distinctive touch.
In "Run And Hide" for example, the singer has no problems to reach higher notes without losing control, nor his deep and rich vocal tone.


"Common Destiny" is another solid, consistent album by Jaded Heart, a band that lately has tightened their sound but never lost the catchiness factor.
There's no time for ballads on Jaded Heart 2012, just guitar driven Melodic Hard Rock delivered with power and class. The synths / keyboards are always present on the band's music, but now adding textures and enriching the melodies in the background.
The production of "Common Destiny" is similar in size to the songs included: big, massive, overwhelming. Handled by Michael Voss (Mad Max) and the band, these new songs sound truly crispy and striking, also helped by Chris Lausmann's (Bonfire) engineering and mixing.
Recommended.


1. With You
2. Saints Denied
3. Into Tears
4. Buried Alive
5. I Believe
6. Run and Hide
7. Are We Mental
8. My Destiny
9. No More Lies
10. Life Is Beautiful
11. Higher
12. Fire And Flames


Johan Fahlberg (Vocals)
Michael Mueller (Bass)
Peter Oestros (Guitars)
Henning Wanner (Keyboards)
Axel Kruse (Drums)




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