The Burning Crows
Behind the Veil
Burning Crows Records
2013
What is it with bands trying to revive the 80’s hair metal scene? Do they think they will get some just because bands like Poison, LA Guns, Winger, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella and Ratt got laid like crazy? I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you probably won’t. Stop trying to look cool with your frizzy hair, your buttoned down white shirts and your leather trousers, and at least try to write some good and original music.
“Behind the Veil” is the first album from UK hard-rockers The Burning Crows. It features 14 tracks all of which are so generic, they sound like they were composed by someone who worked in Universal Music back in 1989 in order to jump on the bandwagon of hair metal. So, even if you don’t find that their style of music is a bit outdated, I find their songs heartless and gutless. To put it in other words, “Behind the Veil” sounds OK and vaguely rocking when playing in the background (don’t get me wrong, it’s not noise), but it doesn’t work well when heard closely. When you pay attention to it you hear that although it has all the ingredients of a good hard rock record, the recipe went wrong somewhere along the way and the dish is bland. From the cliche vocals (like the Bon Jovi inspired vocal melodies in “Fallin” and “Here I Am”) to the equally cliche guitar solos, the hooks are not hooking, the riffs are not rocking and the groove is just not groovy.
The Burning Crows call themselves “the future of British rock”, I would call them “a bad example of the US rock past”…
“Behind the Veil” is the first album from UK hard-rockers The Burning Crows. It features 14 tracks all of which are so generic, they sound like they were composed by someone who worked in Universal Music back in 1989 in order to jump on the bandwagon of hair metal. So, even if you don’t find that their style of music is a bit outdated, I find their songs heartless and gutless. To put it in other words, “Behind the Veil” sounds OK and vaguely rocking when playing in the background (don’t get me wrong, it’s not noise), but it doesn’t work well when heard closely. When you pay attention to it you hear that although it has all the ingredients of a good hard rock record, the recipe went wrong somewhere along the way and the dish is bland. From the cliche vocals (like the Bon Jovi inspired vocal melodies in “Fallin” and “Here I Am”) to the equally cliche guitar solos, the hooks are not hooking, the riffs are not rocking and the groove is just not groovy.
The Burning Crows call themselves “the future of British rock”, I would call them “a bad example of the US rock past”…