10 / 10
"The creative capacity of these Italians is admirable! DESPERATION BLVD brings the sound of old school Hard Rock with a fresh, modern twist โฆ catchy choruses and rhythmic melodies are the main ingredients โฆ if you consider yourself lovers of Hard Rock in its different variations, you will love this album."
(Metal Gods TV)
90 / 100
"โฆย a rich and excellent blend of hard and dense sounds and chords โฆ major keys, high and low scales, the guitar solos are a characteristic and distinctive part of each musical track โฆ melody and style go with each one's voice style โฆ with that eighties style of glam โฆ if you are from the old school of Hard Rock like Twisted Sister, Kiss or Joan Jett & The Blackhearts you will love this band!"
(Darkzen Dragon)
7 / 10
"โฆ a decent debut ... Hard Rock disciples, who mourn the good old times, might enjoy this EP."
(Hellfire)
6 / 10
"โฆย if someone like Vince Neil or Bret Michaels needs a band to back them up for some solo shows in Italy, they should look up DESPERATION BLVD โฆ the vibe from this EP is beyond merely old school โฆย listeners who are looking for this sort of music are going to love it โฆ"
(Metal Temple)
"A mixture of Heavy Metal influences, mixed with a good portion of hard rock. Just listen to the choruses. In every single one of them there are emotions that are transmitted immediately. Even though DESPERATION BLVD's concept runs through the whole EP, they show themselves from different sides.
(BlattTurbo)
"โฆ strong personality โฆ a sort of new Twisted Sister โฆ all the material works wonderfully, thanks also to the excellent production and mixing that enhance the whole."
(Tempi Duri)
"โฆ they have many good songs here, and they deliver them with the right attitude, so this is of course something that you should listen to."
(HardRockInfo)
"โฆ has that essence of Hard Rock from the 80s with musical chords that will hook you from the first seconds, catchy choruses and that sense of fun that characterized the bands of that time โฆ the creative skills of these Italians is admirable โฆ brings the sound of old school Hard Rock with a fresh, modern twist, kickinโ, vital, and fun โฆ highly recommended!"
(0dayrox)
"DESPERATION BLVD not only arouse curiosity in this way, but can hit the bull's eye right away with their first record!"
(Nightshade)
"Bringing the glory days of Sunset Strip sleaze and roll back with an almighty vengeance โฆ six absolutely riveting anthems โฆ"
(Highwire Daze)
"โฆย shows exactly what you would expect from a band that labels itself as 'sleaze n roll' โฆ catchy songs that excel in accessibility and uptempo cheerfulness โฆ high 'sing-along factor' โฆย as is customary with glamrock, there is a lot of focus on the vocals and the guitars โฆ everything is in the ear and the mix is fine โฆย you will certainly not regret it โฆย an excellent EP."
(Zware Metalen)
Action: | DESPERATION BLVD |
Base: | Pordenone โข Italy |
Genre: | Sleaze'n'Roll |
Title: | s/t |
Format: | EP |
Label: | Independent |
Release: | December 6, 2020 |
Clear echoes of other well-known cult bands such as Faster Pussycat, Bulletboys, L.A. Guns, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bang Tango, Vain, Babylon A.D., Tuff and Dangerous Toys round off the lively, uplifting sound.
DESPERATION BLVD is a brand new project from Italy, born from an idea of two experienced musicians, guitarist Alex 'Crown' Corona and drummer Elvis 'Hell' Ortolan. The trio is completed by bassist Matteo 'Matt' Martinelli.
The band's current debut is a self-titled six-song EP consisting of five enormously crisply orchestrated and cool vocalized original songs as well as the Duran Duran classic "Hold Back The Rain" - a vibrant and enormously casual cover version that immediately defines the strong personality and unique SLEAZE'N'ROLL style of DESPERATION BLVD.
This deliciously snappy release is enriched by various guest musicians. Among others, former Accept singer David Reece is featured in "North-East Boulevard", and Thomas Silver from Hardcore Superstar contributed a wonderfully fluid guitar solo for the number. Serenity vocalist Fabio D'Amore, on the other hand, shows in "Hold Back The Rain" that he has a remarkably wide range of skills, while the no less vocally strong, changeable Alessia Scolletti from Temperance in "Sorry (I Don't Want You)" partly goes completely out of herself.
Recorded and co-produced by Michele Guaitoli, known from the bands Visions Of Atlantis, Overtures and Temperance at The Groove Factory Studio, "Desperation BLVD" will be released in December 2020.
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