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Band
Axel Rudi Pell
Title
Game of Sins
Type
LP/EP
Company
SPV/Steamhammer
YOR
2016
Style
Power
2/4/2016 - Review by: Eric Compton
Another slab of quality German power posh
Axel Rudi Pell
Game of Sins




Company: Steamhammer
Release: 2016
Genre: Power
Reviewer: Eric Compton

  • Another slab of quality German power posh



  • With album number seventeen I think Axel has clearly run out of ideas. He went on record and said that the fans felt that the drums weren’t solidified on the last few efforts and that ‘Game of Sins’ would fix that. I’d challenge the talented guitarist to improve not only the songwriting but also to be innovative enough to rise out of the 80s. Title track’s lyrics – “Game of Sins, We’re Out on the Road, Game of Sins, It’s Now or Never, Game of Sins…” How about opening cut “Fire”? “Fire, Lucifer’s Rising, Once you Get Trapped In, There is No Escape, Fire, No Compromising, Whatever you are Trying, Now it is Too Late, Fire!” I am forty years old with a kid, a mortgage and a homeowner’s association asking me to slide my trashcan to the left. Am I too old for these lyrics or too picky to enjoy the fantasy? It’s probably a little of both. The album is another slab of quality German power posh that revels in the hard rock traditionalism of the 80s while still being fantasy inspired without being overly technical. It’s heavy and recalls Sabbath’s ‘Headless Cross’ just like the last ten or twelve Pell records. Throw the new one on and grab a handful for your ongoing playlist. I did.


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    ALL REVIEWS FOR: AXEL RUDI PELL
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Circle Of The Oath
    2012
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton4/10/2013
    3.5
    Diamonds Unlocked
    2007
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Vinaya Saksena12/5/2008
    1.5
    Game of Sins
    2016
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton2/4/2016
    3
    The Ballads III
    2004
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Vinaya Saksena5/15/2005
    3
    The Crest
    2010
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton6/25/2010
    4.5

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: AXEL RUDI PELL
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