Sunstorm – Road To Hell
Frontiers Records
www.frontiers.it

Rating: B

With more than a decade of hard work, the Sunstorm project established its name in the melodic rock, even with some irregular work and always having veteran Joe Lynn Turner as frontman. And the recently released "Road To Hell" - the band's fifth work - hit stores with almost untouched features that have made Sunstorm a recognized name on the stage.

Overall, "Road To Hell" doesn’tt bring anything new if compared to Sunstorm's previous works (especially "Emotional Fire" and "Edge Of Tomorrow", released in 2012 and 2016, respectively), but if we take into account that both albums are quite consistent, the insistence on the format proves to be a good strategy

Predominantly stuffed with well-built and carefully executed rockers, the album features "Only The Good Will Survive", "Road To Hell" and "Only The Edge" as worthy representatives of the album's musical direction. Embracing melodies and exciting choruses await you.

Moving on,  "Blind The Sky" and the great "My Eyes On You" and "Everywhere" (the only ballad on the album) keep the cohesion of the album bringing variations over the same theme, musically speaking, but always wasting good I like it, especially in the arrangements.

And in the final stretch the album brings the great "Calling", "State Of The Heart" and "Still Fighting" as irrefutable evidence of the cohesion present in the tracklist of the album and that sounds exactly as the Sunstorm proposes to do.

So, my dear friends, there's no denying that "Road To Hell" is an album for Sunstorm fans. The statement may seem obvious, but it seems that Joe Lynn Turner and his band don’t seek to expand their fan base, but rather please the one they have already won. I continue to say that I prefer the "more of the same" instead of the "disastrous novelty," but it is also true that something needs to change in Sunstorm's work. Despite all the quality that the band has, predictability always comes when the news of an upcoming album comes to us. For now, "Road To Hell" is worth it, especially if you enjoy the guys' previous works. If that's not the case, I don’t think this album will change your mind, but you can give it a shot.

“Road To Hell” is out now.

Tracklist
01 Only The Good Will Survive
02 The Road To Hell
03 On The Edge
04 Blind The Sky
05 My Eyes On You
06 Future To Come
07 Everywhere
08 Resurrection
09 Calling
10 State Of The Heart
11 Still Fighting

By Juliano Mallon