· MOUNTAIN OF POWER - VOLUME FIVE (GYR217) ·
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01. DARK LADY / ALL NIGHT LONG
FORMAT: Audio CD / 6 PANEL WALLET |
Mega-awesome, brain-damaging fifth disc from Grooveyard Records bad-ass, heavy-duty, retro-70s heavy guitar "tribute" project from Sweden featuring Janne "Rock Machine" Stark and an amazing cast of excellent "special guest" vocalists & axerippers that truly deliver the goods on a solid mission to Keep the Rock alive. Includes 13 tracks (78 minutes) of classic, over-the-top, supreme, powerful, intense, killer, blues-based heavy guitar riffage/mojo that will kick your ass & rock your world.
On this outstanding follow-up to the previous four Mountain of Power discs, Janne Stark & Co. dig in deep on an awesome collection of killer 70s hard & heavy rock that lands bad-ass with tons of outstanding riffage and "musical brotherhood" all in the name of serious Guitar Rock. Brother Janne Stark (BANDOLIER KINGS (BUDGIE TRIBUTE)/LOCOMOTIVE BREATH/OVERDRIVE CONSTANCIA/MERRYWEATHER-STARK/CHRIS CATENA'S ROCK CITY TRIBE GRAND DESIGN/BALLS/FALLING HAZARD) is a solid man of rock with an impeccable ear for the riffage that matters. The Man is a prolific unstoppable heavy guitar force who kicks serious ass & nails down this incredible guitar-heavy musical document. The MOUNTAIN OF POWER: "Volume Five" disc includes supreme, face-melting, mind-blowing, heavy, retro-70s "cover jams & medleys" complete with extended lead-guitar action by the following bands: SCORPIONS, DRIVER, STRIKER, ANGEL, AXIS, DEMIAN, BLACK SHEEP, HYDRA, TOTTY, WHITE WING, MEDUSA, HUMBLE PIE & BLACK SABBATH that are all guaranteed to rock your #1 good musical jam:house into the ground. If you love awesome, classic obscure 70s heavy guitar rock, it's time to dig in deep & rock the nation, musical brothers & sisters, the MOP-V5 disc delivers the goods and is just what the kick-ass heavy rock n' roll doctor ordered.
The MOUNTAIN OF POWER: "Volume Five" disc features the following awesome, world-class vocalists: MATTI ALFONZETTI (SKINTRADE/TALISMAN/JAGGED EDGE) MAGNUS EKWALL (THE QUILL), JIMMY KUNES (CACTUS/AMERICAN MAFIA), FREDRIK NORDH (ATOMIC LOVE REACTOR), TONY SPINNER (BANDOLIER KINGS) MATTIAS OSBACK (LOCOMOTIVE BREATH), KJELL BERGENDAHL (THALAMUS) & TANIA KIKIDI. The MOUNTAIN OF POWER: "Volume Five" disc also features many amazing, bad-ass, killer "special guest" guitar axerippers in the form of BRETT ELLIS, MARTIN J. ANDERSEN (BLINDSTONE), MATS KARLSSON (220 VOLT), CRAIG ERICKSON, TONY SPINNER, DON MANCUSO (BLACK SHEEP/ LOU GRAMM), STAVROS PAPADOPOULOS (REVOLUTION HIGHWAY/SUPER VINTAGE/TANIA KIKIDI), MIKAEL NORD ANDERSSON (NORD/BALLS), MIKAEL NILSSON, STEFAN ROSQVIST, MIKE VARNEY (SHRAPNEL RECORDS) and even the Grooveyard Records label owner + president JOE "grOOveDaWg" ROMAGNOLA lands to jam at the big, electrified Mountain Of Power V5 heavy guitar rock party!!! Along with all these awesome axerippers, supreme MOP RIFFMASTER: JANNE STARK kicks serious lead guitar ass throughout the amazing MOUNTAIN OF POWER "Volume Five" disc. Digging in six string deep with the "vintage rock" mentality of recording with classic Les Pauls & Strats through a Marshall, Stark nails down a way-kool, legit "old school" tone-king heavy guitar rock vibe. The MOUNTAIN OF POWER "Groove Machine" is provided by PETER "TRUMPETER" SVENSSON (CONSTANCIA/LOCOMOTIVE BREATH), JESPER PERSSON (ALICATE/CARNIVAL SUN), BRIAN MULLINS (THE COLD STARES), SEBASTIAN SIPPOLA (PLANKTON/FOUR STICKS/SOUTHFORK/GRAND MAGUS) on powerhouse Drums and Mr. JANNE STARK nails down most of the Bass Mojo with RANDY PRATT (CACTUS/THE LIZARDS/RUFFYUNZ) guesting on "low end bottom kool" Bass on the HUMBLE PIE medley. All the above talented musicians kick out the jams & land together to produce and deliver the serious heavy rock "goods" on the mega-awesome, phenomenal, monumental, epic MOUNTAIN OF POWER "Volume Five" disc that lands classic & timeless and rocks forever.
The MOUNTAIN OF POWER: "Volume Five" disc is all about the R.O.C.K. and the RIFFAGE THAT MATTERS. Janne Stark definitely lives up to his "Riff:Master" nickname handle at this disc. The mega-killer MOP-V5 disc has more bad-ass, killer heavy riffs per square inch than most heavy rock bands' entire catalogs! Brother Stark is an excellent, world-class, prolific guitarist, sonic engineer & producer. A solid man of rock on a Mission to Keep the Rock alive. The same applies to all the awesome guest singers & guitarists & drummers who were kool/solid to land and rock heavy at the mighty Mountain Of Power. Everybody who landed did an amazing job and we are proud & honored to have all of these excellent musical guests be part of this amazing heavy rock disc/project that celebrates glorious 70s hard rock music.
For those of you who are about to ROCK with the MOUNTAIN OF POWER "Volume Five" disc, we salute you!!! Highly recommended to fans of serious, balls to the wall, bad-ass, blues-based, retro-70s, guitar heavy rock n' roll that defies gravity, rocks like a beast and lives up to the band name moniker. An Essential, ass-kickin', hard rockin', lead guitar dominated, riff:monster slab of Epic, brain-damaging, heavy guitar rock mojo from Grooveyard Records.
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The deep track tribute to legendary and obscure groups carries on from Mountain of Power via Volume Five in 2023. Leading off with Scorpions "Dark Lady" and the anthemic "All Night Long", like previous volumes cut by do-it-all Janne Stark and his hired guns, the song list leans heavy on the '70s and into the '80s.
Numerous vocalists contributed during the studio sessions, as well as several guitarists. The set climaxes with the closing trio of Black Sabbath's "Supertzar", "The Thrill of It All" and "Megalomania". Always fuckin' cool to see Sabbath's Sabotage LP get it's due. Issued by Grooveyard Records, the recording is vibrant and dynamic. Just check out the pair of Driver tracks in the form of "Rock It to the Stars" and "Boxful of Love". The disc is laced with killer jamming action. I am looking forward to the next set of kick ass covers laid down from Mountain of Power when Volume Six drops in a few years.
POWER UP!
Jon Fox / Rate Your Music (August 2023)
When you look up the name of Swedish musician/author Janne Stark you bump into a discography that is mind blowing and astonishing at the same time. Janne has been active for many years now and he is a real music freak with a big knowledge of seventies rock. He is one of the people behind the two Budgie tribute albums that were released under the banner of Bandolier Kings (with a big contribution from guitarist/vocalist Tony Spinner) and among many other projects he is also very involved with Mountain Of Power. Under that name Janne revisits the seventies with his versions of songs once released by sometimes big and famous bands but most of the time he chooses for unknown and obscure bands that did their thing but never really made the big-time status.
The Mountain Of Power cycle started in 2005/2006 and we now have seen the release of ‘Volume Five’ where Janne and a whole bunch of friends and guest musicians revisit the seventies. It is typical for Janne not to pick the most famous tracks. Take for instance Black Sabbath. The medley Janne and co have recorded include ,"Supertzar", "The Thrill Of It All" and "Megalomania", not the most popular songs from Sabbath. It is typical for this man. He is going for the more obscure songs.
As I have a reasonable collection myself from the seventies, I was happy to find some bands that in a certain manner were/are close to my heart represented. Two examples? The Canadian power trio Driver that recorded only one album entitled "No Accident" in 1977. The medley of their songs "Rock It To The Stars" and "Boxful Of Love" brings back some cool memories. It is an album that sometimes makes it to my turntable with the very cool guitar work of Driver-guitarist Peter Glindeman as main ingredient. And I must admit that his solo on "Boxful Of Love" did not find its match on the Mountain Of Power version but who cares?
The second band that is very well known to me is Hydra from the USA. They made three albums (‘Hydra’, ‘Land Of Money’ and ‘Rock The World’) and if you look it up you might be able to find a CD that features all of these albums in one hit. Collectors stuff people!
Obviously, Janne Stark has made use of several Grooveyard label-associates like guitarist Craig Erickson and Stavros Papadopoulos, Tony Spinner, and Martin J. Andersen but also singer Matti Alfonzetti (Skin Trade), Magnus Ekwall (The Quill) and even Cactus singer Jimmy Kunes play a role as does the one and only mister US Metal Mike Varney. Also guitarist Don Mancuso who has played with Foreigner’s Lou Gramm in the band Black Sheep is on the ball as Janne Stark included the 1974 Black Sheep single "Stick Around". But there are more people involved here, although we are not mentioning everyone.
All the Mountain Of Power volumes are a trip down memory lane. On "Volume Five" you find versions of songs from Angel, Humble Pie, Axis, Scorpions, White Wing, Totty, Striker, and Medusa whose self-titled 1978 album featured Dutch guitarist Eef Albers. It is a very interesting mix of seventies rock, if you ask me. If you are into this era, you will enjoy the versions by Janne Stark and friends and it might even inspire you to look for some of these bands on YouTube where you can find a lot of this old but precious material. Maybe this is a release for the happy few but even young metalheads should make the effort to discover some good, and often ignored groups. There is plenty to discover.
Michel van de Moosdijk / Headbangers Lifestyle (August 2023)
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