Slash feat. Myles Kennedy
World on Fire
Dik Hayd International
2014
After the review of the previous album “Apocalyptic Love” (you can read it here) which was the tinder for Slash’s fans to start swearing (and impose their opinions “democratically”!), here comes a new release more or less in the same formula but also updated in some very crucial parts.
First of all, it seems that the “musical chemistry” between Slash and Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) is stronger now. The same goes for The Conspirators, the bassist Todd Kerns (Age of Electric, Static In Stereo) and the drummer Brent Fitz (Union, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, etc.). Anyhow, this is a band in the actual sense of the word and you can feel it as soon as you “play” this album. Moreover, the production is top-notch and it was delivered by the well-known Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Ratt, Alter Bridge, Saliva, Trivium, Chevelle, Stone Temple Pilots, etc.).
Some may wonder… what’s the “World on Fire” all about? It’s a hard rock album, with rock, classic rock, modern rock, rock & roll and alternative rock elements. All the influences out of Slash’s hat, along with Myles’ musical inspirations. They both have been very careful on the songwriting part… meaning that you just don’t hear some nice ideas here and there that have nothing in common but some more concluded & fine songs in general. Where they go wrong is on the album’s total running play. 17 (!) tracks are way too many for a rock album. We’re talking about 77 minutes of rock music! It’s quantity over quality or what?! If they were a bit more careful on that part – heck this is where a label guy or a ballsy producer comes forth to give any band the right directions – then this album would have been way more enjoyable. Not that you won’t enjoy it now or anything. If I can recall this is the first time, after a really long time, that Slash (after GnR) has released something that’s remarkable and largely gratifying…
First of all, it seems that the “musical chemistry” between Slash and Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) is stronger now. The same goes for The Conspirators, the bassist Todd Kerns (Age of Electric, Static In Stereo) and the drummer Brent Fitz (Union, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, etc.). Anyhow, this is a band in the actual sense of the word and you can feel it as soon as you “play” this album. Moreover, the production is top-notch and it was delivered by the well-known Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Ratt, Alter Bridge, Saliva, Trivium, Chevelle, Stone Temple Pilots, etc.).
Some may wonder… what’s the “World on Fire” all about? It’s a hard rock album, with rock, classic rock, modern rock, rock & roll and alternative rock elements. All the influences out of Slash’s hat, along with Myles’ musical inspirations. They both have been very careful on the songwriting part… meaning that you just don’t hear some nice ideas here and there that have nothing in common but some more concluded & fine songs in general. Where they go wrong is on the album’s total running play. 17 (!) tracks are way too many for a rock album. We’re talking about 77 minutes of rock music! It’s quantity over quality or what?! If they were a bit more careful on that part – heck this is where a label guy or a ballsy producer comes forth to give any band the right directions – then this album would have been way more enjoyable. Not that you won’t enjoy it now or anything. If I can recall this is the first time, after a really long time, that Slash (after GnR) has released something that’s remarkable and largely gratifying…