Band Nightvision Title Nightvision Type LP/EP Company MTM Music YOR 2005 Style Hard Rock Popular Reviews ![]() ![]()
That brings us Nightvision, a band with that distinct and recognizable traditional hard rock flare. This Swedish band is an uncompromising, riveting musical experience that recalls the finest moments of Whitesnake, Pretty Maids, and Riot. With a huge guitar sound reminiscent of Jake E. Lee (Ozzy, Badlands) crossed with Mark Reale, with a bit of George Lynch's (Dokken, Lynch Mob) catchy, driving hooks thrown in, this debut album may be one of the finest moments of the entire year. Really, in all honesty I can't remember a band that really stuck out in terms of power, precision, and skills. This band has it all and more. Obviously the biggest highlight of the band is singer Peter Hogberg, who really sounds like a dead ringer for David Coverdale or Robert Plant. His emotional, blues inspired voice is absolutely perfect for this energetic freight train. The guitars are played perfectly by Stefan Fjellner, who puts on a clinic here with thundering chops that possess both hook and driving melody. The riffs gallop in a speed metal fashion at times (like a good hard rock guitarist should), but still capture that huge addictive chop. On cuts like "Dragonfire" and "Soldier Of A Dark Land" that new wave classic sound creeps through, on other songs it is more of a bombastic hard rock sound, like a Whitesnake or Tesla type of affair. Unfortunately this album does have one small problem, that being a keyboard element mixed in that, in my opinion, really ruins the power on display here. With the annoying keyboards the band build atmosphere instead of just riding the electricity. It isn't enough to ruin the record by any means but if I had my choice the keys would be gone, gone, GONE. Bottom Line - Amazing band, amazing album! For fans of Shakra, Wicked Sensation, and Whitesnake. --EC 09.16.05 ALL REVIEWS FOR: NIGHTVISION
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