Pell, Axel Rudi Into The Storm

2014, The compositions are catchy and elaborate. Melodic rockers like ,,Long Way To Go" and ,,High Above" alternate with up-tempo songs like ,,Tower Of Lies" and ,,Burning Chains". Of one Axel's most beautiful ballads to date, ,,When Truth Hurts", is almost as heartrending as the touching Neil Young cover ,,Hey Hey My My". Epic masterpieces such as ,,Touching Heaven" and the ten-minute-plus title track still have that 70s touch we all love. There are also two extra tracks for the Digipak: the glorious instrumental ,,White Cats (Opus #6 Scivolare)" is likely to see GUITAR HERO fanatics go nuts and the Blackmore's Night cover ,,Way To Mandalay" could easily have been borrowed from a Rainbow album now. Axel Rudi Pell is on the next level now and it wouldn't be a great surprise if he cracked the German Top 10 this time, seeing that his 2012 release CIRCLE OF THE OATH already went to no. 16! He's certainly earned it. If someone has delivered the goods for 25 years, there's got to be a reward.