To be really frank here, “Pride” sounds much more natural than “Rise” which is a real pro to this album. Songs flow naturally and in no way the fan gets the feeling “Hum, I’ve heard this before. Don’t know where.” The Unity were much more careful on the songwiriting to avoid this common problem that happen to all bands that emulate a certain epoch. With lots of ability, The Unity avoid this and I have to congratulate the band for this. It is really hard to be news on what is called now Melodic Hard Rock. Yeah, The Unit are inspired by bands as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow 1980’s era – I guess the most, or even Whitesnake 1980’s era as well. So the fan listens to an album witrh pristine musicians which are virtuosi in their instrumentals and songs that are meant to play on FM radios – well, if they existed. But make no mistake, The Unity is a real solid band, not a tribute band.
If you in the mood for some great Melodic Hard Rock, The Unity are your band and “Pride” is your album. There are memorable songs here as “Angel of Dawn” whose cadence and emotion bring the fan to tears – good ones indeed.
The Unity “Pride” will be released on March 13th via Steamhammer / SPV.
Track Listing:
- The New Pandora
- Hands of Time
- Line and Sinker
- We Don´t Need Them Here
- Destination Unknown
- Angel of Dawn
- Damn Nation
- Wave of Fear
- Guess How I Hate This
- Scenery of Hate
- Rusty Cadillac
- You Don´t Walk Alone
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