Band:	House Of Lords
Album:	The Power And The Myth
Style:	Hard rock
Release date:	August 03, 2004
A review by:	Undercraft

01. Today
02. All Is Gone
03. Am I The Only One
04. Living In Silence
05. The Power And The Myth
06. The Rapture
07. Man Who I Am
08. Bitter Sweet Euphoria
09. Mind Trip
10. Child Of Rage
11. Havana [Japanese bonus]

I was pretty sure this was a Power Metal album, I mean, the House Of Lords logo with the same font from Lord Of The Rings, a album entitled "The Power And The Myth" , swords and griffons in the cover art? Come on! This smells of Power Metal from everywhere, sadly, or luckily (depending of your tastes) this is NOT Power Metal, as a matter of fact House Of Lords are playing good 'ol Hard Rock, 100% home made, American style, 100% cheese free!

This is Hard Rock with style I must say, no cheesy lines and woww uaaua choruses, but no happy songs either, this is weird, last time I checked, Hard Rock had those happy songs everywhere. I think this is Hard Rock for cowboys or something like that, I really don't know, I can't tell, I don't care.

This band is actually old and this is their fourth album, the first one being twelve years old, so we have a band with experience here. The songs are pretty varied, but not all shine, and I can sense some fillers, but I have also some to point out, like "Am I The Only One" , a great song with a catchy chorus, "The Rapture" great violin use in this one, I was surprised! And "The Man Who I Am" excellent semi acoustical song.

The rest of songs aren't bad, but nothing impressive I must say, just some Hard Rock, sad Hard Rock, if anything like that exists, maybe the happiest song in the album is "Mind Trip" although in the chorus falls down, the closer "Child Of Rage" is the typical Hard Rock ballad that was so popular in the eighties, is a nice song with some country music influences, you know, Hard Rock for cowboys.

Anyway, good album, bad album? I must say, neither, is a pleasant listen, but not a memorable one, I fear that this album won't get much play in my stereo, hope things change in time, but I'm not a cowboy, I'm just your regular long-haired, spike-wearing, pierced and tattooed Metalhead, God, I'm a cliché.