BODYGUERRA „Fire & Soul”

FastBall Music. 2021

Music: Modern Rock / AOR
Website:
https://www.bodyguerra.com/en/home-2/
https://www.facebook.com/Bodyguerra/
Duration: 64:00 (13 tracks)
Country: Germany

This is another album of German rockers… And to be honest, I don’t know what to write about it…

I listened to the whole album for the first time and I felt nothing! And for the second time?

Of course I can’t fint any error. Everything is played correctly, the sound is fine. Structures of pieces are classical, there are introductions, developments, verses or choruses, endings and the like. Some songs are quite heavy, even hit hard, others are calmly ballad-like, melancholic. There are also catchy pieces. Overall, most of the songs are in a balanced rhythm and intensity…

I think this album needs more time and I think it needs some volume up!

Ok. Let’s move on! There is classic Rock, a bit towards Hard Rock and even sometimes to Power Metal. There are even heavy guitars, there is a dynamic rhythm, there are even nice licks, nice melodies…

… And a lot of guitar patents are really very good, a bit dark, virtuoso with feeling and atmosphere. Sometimes something guitar and rhythm will remind AC/DC or ACCEPT, and other times ROLLING STONES…

The singer-woman has a four-octave voice, which allows her to navigate the highlands and valleys of Rock singing cleanly. Sometimes the vocals are multicolored, superimposed simultaneously, this also creates a nice polyphonic effect. Some phrases are so catchy that you can sing with the singer the first time. However, I do not feel charisma in this singing, as if there is not enough real emotion. The woman has a good voice, even sometimes a nice hoarse voice, but I don’t feel latitude. And maybe this is why these even interesting instrumentalizations lose their value.

There are songs that could be pretending to a radio hits, like “Believe” in the “Rock Ballads” category. And the German-language “100 Mann Und Ein Befehl” creates a nice military-ballad tone. But the already bluesy track “Xmas Is Special” is for true connoisseurs of this genre.

Anyway, it’s nice to listen to this album.

Tracklist:
01. Stay Free
02. Danger Zone
03. You Never Know Why
04. Behind The Clouds
05. Magical Touch
06. Steelheart
07. Soultrail
08. Breakout
09. Fire & Soul
10. Out Of Control
11. Believe
12. 100 Mann Und Ein Befehl
13. Xmas Is Special

Line-up:
Guido Stoecker – Guitars
Ela Sturm – Vocals
Danij Perl – Bass
Christian Antwerpen – Drums

Rate: 7.0/10