Band:	Lion Twin
Album:	Nashville
Style:	Hard rock, Heavy metal
Release date:	November 15, 2013
Guest review by:	Bad English

01. Ready To Rock
02. Day Of Anger [feat: Udo Dirkschneider]
03. When The Lights Go On
04. Tristan & Isolde
05. Eco Warrior
06. Far Away
07. Behold The Man
08. Occupy!
09. Notung
10. Wings Of Love

I have been in this game for ten years now. I mean, I'm using the Metal Archives on a daily basis, and one thing I've noticed is that there are many new bands with members over 40, forming bands without any prior musical experience. 95% of bands are formed when the members are in their 20s, so this new trend is strange. I've never heard about Lion Twin's singer, Liane Vollmer, before. It's like a CIA movie; a man shows up in town, age 40, with no history. Same with her; she has no musical history, at least as far as I know.

Musically, it's a well-balanced album; each instrument makes it awesome. It has no super pop songs, everything falling within the borders of the metal family (our land), but some songs are softer than others. It's pretty heavy, similar to power metal albums, and the keyboards are balanced, even though some say that keys aren't a metal instrument at all. Some riffs are catchy and flow into the music's vibe, as do the keyboards, bass and drums, and the beautiful vocals make it unique. I think that male vocals here would be a failure.

We're always nagging when a band changes its sound, and we're still nagging when a band doesn't change, so what do we want to get out of our music after all? I'm definitely a hard man to please, so if I like this album and can say good things about it, maybe that's good enough reason in itself to try it. I don't want to say it's an '80s album, because it isn't an MTV video album. I'm also not going to go song-by-song (no, I won't violate the rules), but I just want to say a few words about the best songs here. I would say that all the songs are strong, and they are, but somehow these are a bit stronger. Army Rangers are great, but only a few can be Navy SEALs.

"Ready To Rock" is an anti-work song, if you follow the lyrics. What do you want to do after a hard day's work, go sit in a street café? Of course not. You want to rock to a great song. The melodies and lyrics are all balanced; all you want to do is rock to this classic rock song. "Day Of Anger" is heavy and aggressive, with good riffs and a great balance between the female lead vocals and the backing vocals, both male and female. Guess what makes it so heavy - Udo himself. The Arabic part was awesome, going together perfectly with the music video that the band put out years ago. "When The Lights Go On" is an awesome ballad; simply follow its tune. It's a song about life and life's story; we all have our own fuck-ups, and we fall, and we get back up. Ballads and metal? Well, screw other people's opium - if musicians cared, we would be much more powerful. "Tristan & Isolde" is a song for the night, when you can't sleep (or have nobody to sleep with) and you wander, but what the hell does it all have to do with England? Two others that stand out are "Far Away" and "Behold The Man" (hello, Patriarch Kirill).

Thanks to ScreamingSteelUS for help and proofreading!