Album Review
Slash - Apocalyptic LoveSlash - Apocalyptic Love

Following the mountain of success gained from his latest solo project releasing their debut back in 2010, guitar hero Slash has burst back on the scene once again this time using Myles Kennedy as the standalone lead vocalist as opposed to the debut’s all star cast. The surrounding sold out tours from the album proved a huge success for the ex-G’NR axe slinger and Myles went down an absolute storm every single night so this permanent line up selection was an inevitable choice, but the question is can they still pull this off without the attraction and publicity the list of high profile guest musician diversity that the last album brought to the table?

The first few times I listened to the record I had some very mixed feelings and opinions in regard to its style, to be honest it was nothing to do with the music as I felt that was just as diverse and bouncy as ever before, my problem believe it or not was with one of my all time favourite vocalists Mr Myles Kennedy. At first it was tracks like “Apocalyptic Love” and “One last Thrill” that I thought his voice had become just that little bit too whiney, and don’t get me wrong I still have that feeling a little bit but I appear to have grown to love it as these are 2 of my favourite tracks from the album now. The thing is with this release is that with each additional listen the material drills itself further and further into your brain storing all the beautiful melodies and catchy lyrics.

Just songs like “Anastasia” are where Slash and Myles really pull themselves apart from other musicians as this is where they thrive, gentle tones that don’t take away from interesting guitar work with Myles using his full range from deep to high pitch to really give the vocals a boost; “Bad Rain”, “No More Heroes” and “Not For Me” all use this structure to its full potential. The difference between this and the last album is that with the previous album there was a huge variety of styles to fit each singer’s different sound, this however took 1 style to fit Myles and due to his vast range they’ve really made a record with depth and variation hitting both ends of the spectrum and dotting along every point in between.

4/5

Review by James Webb
 Band Members

Slash - Band
Slash
Miles Kennedy

 Track Listing
1. Apocalyptic Love
2. One last thrill
3. Standing in the sun
4. You’re a lie
5. No more heroes
6. Halo
7. We will roam
8. Anastasia
9. Not for me
10. Bad rain
11. Hard & fast
12. Far and away
13. Shots fired
 Band Related Links
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 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?