Search - Terra Nova :: Escape

POSITIVE+++ AOR+++ ENERGY

Nikiforos V. Skoumas | Athens Greece, Cambridge UK | 10/25/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"2005 release from the band "Terra Nova"; led by the Hendrix brothers, (Fred (V) and Ron (K)) "Escape" is a very fine AOR/melodic rock album that goes way beyond the obvious. How is that? Well the album is at its biggest part very up beat, the guitars are rock solid and instead of the heartache cliché that you will probably find in the majority of AOR albums, "Escape" oozes confidence.



With the line up completed by Gesuino Derosas (G) Eric Coenen (B) and Hans Eijkenaar (D) the album provides no shortage of AOR power tracks: "Rock Bottom", "Hold the line", "Escape" and the definitive "lonely is the night". "Long Live rock'n roll" and "War on War" are fully qualified radio hits that should have taken the rock clubs/venues by storm (provided there was any justice).



And I play "Long live rock `n roll" over and over and I can honestly find no fault on it or on the previous tracks for that matter. It is solid, it is catchy, it is cohesive and it gets the message through: This is AOR to make your day.

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