Stone Drive - A Moment Of Weakness - review
Stone Drive - A Moment Of Weakness - review
Tracklist
01. Bulletproof Bones02. Breathe
03. Falling Dow
04. Redemption Day
05. Guilty
06. Yesterday Today
07. Hide
08. Handful of Dust
09. Sins That Shape Your Lives
10. Save Me
A review by
Jeff April 14, 2009
Stone Drive plays US's Hard FM, this is cool, not really violent, with catchy but commercial choruses in the vein of the ones of Creed, Nickelback or Sound Garden. I cannot say that this new band is original or anything of course but their music is cool and really catchy. "Breath" for example is a pure hit, and the ballad "Yesterday Today" is really "cute" (with the good and bad points that you can imagine). Don't believe though that "A Moment Of Weakness" lacks of energy, except this song all the other ones have big loud riffs but the voice of Dave Adam (which is really good actually) is in the vein of the one of Chad Kroeger, and if it's a beautiful voice, this is also a bit cliché if you see what I mean. Well all in all, "A Moment Of Weakness" is a really good album of US' Hard FM but absolutely not innovative. Is it a real problem? Not really if you like such music but if you're looking for real Metal, this is not for you. Bha, who care at least Stone Drive is good in what they do?
Produced, recorded and mixed by Francis Caste, "A Moment Of Weakness" doesn't suffer of any other comparisons with the big US productions. Plus as you already know, the members of Stone Drive are good musician and Dave Adam is a top singer. If you add that the album is composed of really good songs, you can come to the conclusion that "A Moment Of Weakness" is a complete release. True but this is too bad that it's maybe a bit too formatted?
You know now what you'll listen to; something totally "radio" but well done and finally classy nonetheless. If the band manages to get more personality in the future, I'm sure that they will become important and not only in France. "A Moment Of Weakness" will not be a revelation but if you like this kind of music, you can buy it without any problem, this is just good!
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Jeff | April 14, 2009
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