SEBASTIAN BACH - Kicking & Screaming (Release: Sept 23, 2011 EUR - September 27, 2011 USA)

 

Here we go with the latest by former vocalist of multiplatinum band SKID ROW. And if you hope and pray for this album to be something in the vein of what was SKID ROW's s/t or Slave To The Grind i've got bad news for you, it ain't. This is a Hard Rock album but, like almost everything coming from USA and Canada in the last two decades, has a Modern Rock/Alternative flavor. The good news are that Sebastian Bach voice is in perfect shape and Bob Marlette production is espectacular.
Kicking & Screaming is the first track of this album and initial single, this song has heavy guitars and marked riff all mixed with a modern sound and Sebastian screaming like a mad dog, not a bad song but nothing special. My Own Worst Enemy is a strong and dificult to describe cut, guitar sounds a little Punk while Sebastian's voice is a little high and not showing the strength expected. Tunnelvision starts with acustic guitars that soon turns into electric and heavy. In this cut Bach's voice is more reconogcible though the tone of the track is of Modern Rock, anyway one of the best tracks in the album. Dance On Your Grave is a faster song starting with a raw bass and Sebastian singing like the old times. I'm Alive is a ballad that could have been taken from Superunknown by SOUNDGARDEN while Dirty Power retakes the heavier and faster line where Sebastian seems to feel more confortable.
The rest of the album keeps the same Modern Rock trend plenty of heavy guitars and a couple of "ballads" Dream Forever and Whisin'.

In summary, not a bad Modern Rock album but far away from what SKID ROW fans would have liked.

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Best Tracks (in order of preference):

Tunnelvision

Dance On Your Grave

Dirty Power

This album is worth of 3 out of 5 ROCKS!!!

Kicking & Screaming (official video):