STEELHEART - Through Worlds Of Stardust (Review)

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CLASSIC

100%

Recommended To All

90-99%

For All Fans Of Artist

80-89%

Solid Release

70-79%

Acceptable

60-69%

Needed To Be Better

50-59%

A Weak Effort

30-49%

Absolutely Dire

11-29%

Horrendous

0-10%

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STEELHEART - Through Worlds Of Stardust (Review)

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70%

Produced By:

Miljenko Matijevic

Release Date:

2017

Released:

Worldwide

Musical Style:

Hard Rock, Modern Metal

Label:

Frontiers

Artist:

Steelheart

Score:

Friday, September 15, 2017

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This is an odd little album. There’s virtually no recognizable sign of the MCA signed Steelheart that produced two cracking albums in the early 90s before shedding members and changing musical format in the late 90s.

Rather, this is a continuation of frontman/onlyman Miljenko Matijevic’s preference towards alt-modern hard rock, with some seriously loud, sometimes screechy vocals.

Song wise it’s a pretty strange set up, with 4 intense semi-industrial metalized hard rockers followed by three ballads then another intense metal track followed by two more mellower tracks.

Taken as a whole, it’s pretty interesting listening and a musical statement has definitely been made here, but how many Steelheart fans will be receptive to this?

And what’s with the same melody being used on three different tracks?? Check out My World, You Got Me Twisted and Got Me Running. Eh?

Tracks I will probably revisit for enjoyment – You Got Me Twisted, My Dirty Girl and the Led Zeppelin goes alt-metal opener Stream Line Savings. But the rest….no thanks.