Dass es sich bei dem Quartett wirklich um Italiener handelt, merkt man übrigens nur an ihren mitunter holprigen Reimen, gleichwohl sich auch Musiker aus anderen Ländern dieser Unbeholfenheit schuldig machen …

FAZIT: Teutonic Metal, gespielt von hungrig und spontan klingenden Azzurri … ANCILLOTTI sind 2020 bestens aufgestellt, wenn es darum geht, mal rockigen, mal flotten Edelstahl zu schmieden, und erheben dabei keinen Anspruch auf Originalitätspreise.

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(av) Si. Die Stimme ist aber mal wieder die Achillesferse.

Solide 80er Teuto-Kost. Gefällige Gitarre, Stimme fällt insbesondere in den Refrains ab. 'Legacy Oft Rock' macht aber stumpf-Spaß.

"Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.

"Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.

"I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future — you never know — but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.

"So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic — the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.

"So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.

"I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye."

Melodic mit guter (Soli-)Gitarrenarbeit, auch wenn es kein Klassiker wird.
Mindestens als Hintergrund brauchbar, das treibende 'Warrior' ist klasse arrangiert.
'Burning Skies' hat ein billiges Over The Mountain riffing.

Ich schließe mich an: 1989 stehengeblieben, klassischer US Power Metal mit leicht proggiger Kante, mit der unaufdringlich klagenden Stimme von AJ Spinelli ...

Power-Epic-Prog mit saftigen Keyboards.
Ein paar nette Akzente, ansprechendes Cover - aber in den Refrains immer wieder im Helloween-Modus.

During a new question-and-answer session posted on Instagram, legendary DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was asked to name his favorite ABBA song. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "There's too many. I love them. They are incredible. Their progressions and it's just… It's a funny story with that. We were in a chateau in France trying to do [RAINBOW's] 'Long Live Rock 'N' Roll' [album in 1977]. We were all very bored. We were sitting around the fireplace — Cozy [Powell, RAINBOW drummer], myself and Ronnie [James Dio, RAINBOW singer] — and we were getting a little bit kind of irritated because we were not coming up with any ideas. And Cozy said, 'Okay, I have to own up.' And we looked at him, because we'd been drinking, as usual, and we said, 'You have to own up about what?' He said, 'Are you ready?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'I like ABBA.' To which I went, 'Oh my God. I love ABBA.' And then Ronnie goes, 'Yes. So do I.' So now we've all embarrassed ourselves going, 'Ah, we love ABBA,' 'cause you're not supposed to say that. And with that, Cozy runs off to get all the ABBA songs and to play them. And we played, for hours, all the ABBA songs around the fireside in this chateau. We should have been writing our own songs, but it was much better to listen to ABBA."

Ritchie continued: "I think ABBA was the best band. I always listened to ABBA when I was a kid. It was so melodic, and it just worked. It was fantastic. And they are probably my favorite band of all time. And I know it's uncool to say that in certain areas. And they were wonderful."

US Power: vieles dabei, was gefällt.

Zwischen Hard und Metal, sehr starker Beginn; 'The Hammer' ist einer!
Jeder Song mit einem guten Solo, aber zweite Hälfte flacht etwas ab

Melodic "Geheimtip" aus Schweden. Alles ganz nett und aus der Zeit, aber der Gesang ist zu glatt und belanglos.
Alle guten Ansätze werden weg- und weichgespült.

Rumpel Metal

Epic/Power/Prog ohne Kitsch.
Korrekte Gitarrenarbeit, angenehme Vocals.
Farewell ist der schönste, traurigste Moll der Welt.

Thrashed nett mit Power und knackigen Gitarren.
Am graphischen Auftritt und den ersten beiden Songs darf man sich nicht abschrecken lassen.

Alles aus den 80ern recycelt, ohne das die Welt gerade auf die Version gewartet hat.
Gravity Remains ist aber ganz OK.

Mhmm. Der Titeltrack fängt an wie Child In Time, um dann zu Judas Priest zu konvertieren.
Alles ganz nett, alles schön öfter da gewesen.
Live sicher OK.

Musikalisch fein, gesanglich nein.

Mix aus Teuto und US Metal. Immer wieder eingängig, aber ohne Überflieger.

Prima Ansätze, kraftvoll mit Prog, das eingestreute Gegrowle macht einiges kaputt.

Musikalisch netter Ausflug in die NWOBH mit leichten Mercyful Fate Zitaten.
Stimmlich leider etwas zu dünn.

Melodic mit wenig Kanten.