A short one today.
IN THIS MOMENT
What happened to em?
“The Dream” and “A Star Crossed Wasteland” are great albums of melodic rock/Metal.
And then the transition started to the point where there is nothing recognizable or worth liking on their new album “Godmode”.
DOKKEN
A new album is out but if you can’t put any effort into the singing, why bother.
It’s the same monotone throughout, which is a shame because songs like “Lost In You”, “I Remember”, “Saving Grace”, “Fugitive” and “Gypsy” could have been great if the vocal delivery had emotion.
LYNCH MOB
George Lynch sure keeps busy and as a fan of the 80s, I like it.
And Mr Scary has still got a lot of things to say with his riffs. And Frontiers Records is keen to give him a platform to showcase his riffs.
So here we are with “Babylon”, the 8th Lynch Mob album. The difference between Lynch Mob and other artists from the 80s is the singers.
Gabriel Colon is a great vocalist with a great tone. He is the X Factor here. On the Metal cuts, it feels like Halford. On the rock cuts, its loose, sleazy and rawk.
And if Lynch could keep him around he has a lot of albums with him.
For the Metal check out “How You Fall”.
For the Rock check out “I’m Ready” and it’s nod to the great EVH.
ANY GIVEN SIN
The song “Dynamite” came up on a playlist and I pressed save instantly. It reminded me of Shinedown and it’s a great act to be associated with.
What do you guys think of em?
And that’s a wrap for this week.
destroyerofharmony 
I have streamed both the new Dokken and Lynch Mob Pete. I prefer the Dokken. I get what you mean by the monotone vocal but I guess he figures thats how he sounds live than keep it the same so to speak. I can appreciate it as he’s singing like a 70 year old not a pretending to be a 30 year old. Lynch Mob I will have to try again as nothing really popped out at me. Maybe thats because I was watching a interview a few weeks back with George and he wasn’t even barely making eye contact with the interviewer which was bizarro…I thought to myself be happy u still got an audience man..lol
Mr Lynch is very bizzare when it comes to interviews. I hear some shit and I’m like what the. But the dude can play and since he has an issue with lead singers he always has a younger gun with chops.
I still need to check out the Lynch Mob release. I did like the Dokken album but I couldn’t help but think what it would have sounded like if Don had actual vocals.
I avoided the Dokken album specifically because of Don Dokken’s voice. It’s like with Jon Bon Jovi’s voice. If you can’t sing anymore, why waste everyone else’s time trying to entertain people if you’re going to sound terrible?