MacAlpine- Aldridge- Rock- Sarzo – Project Driver C-Kasetti

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761 MARS PROJECT DRIVER C-Kasetti Koesoitettu, soi hyvin. Kasari-heviklassikko! After the release of the successful "Edge of Insanity", Tony MacAlpine became part of an interesting project named M.A.R.S., whose name is an acronym formed by names of the members of the band: MacAlpine, Aldridge, Rob Rock and Rudy Sarzo. And although this dream-team altogether looks quite promising, this album is basically much more of a MacAlpine thing, as most of the songs seem to be his compositions, and like in his albums, the drums and bass simply fullfill their instrumental needs, but still at a good level.............................. Following the line of the white collar USPM, the album has speedish, proggy, and sweet moments, which are arranged in a quite contrasting fashion. Being the heavier and faster songs played in the Side A of the album, while the Side B shows sweeter songs and ballads which are basically reminiscent of hair bands like Whitesnake, but reinforced by MacAlpine's guitar playing. The atmosphere of the album makes the listener feel like in the outer space, and said atmosphere would be replicated by a lot of power metal bands, such as Scanner, Screamer and Iron Savior............... The album immediately starts with a quite aggressive set of songs, being the speed metal opener "Nations on Fire" the most remarkable. The song immediately starts with an explosive intro riff which would be followed by a quite intense speed metal discharge in which the Rock's high-pitched vocals perfectly fit the energy displayed by the band on this song. Even though the ballad "Nostradamus" calmed all the intensity, it is still having the mystique vibe of the preceding songs............... Although Side B is much more hair oriented (i.e., based on romantic lyric topics and a more glammy sound) and the songs are more melodic, MacAlpine's guitar playing made them sound more attractive. For instance, the guitar solo in the intro of "I Can See It in Your Eyes" gives sights of a good song. Regardless of how weak is this side if compared to the opening of the album, it is still far from being simply filler stuff.................... Unfortunately, the formula of the band did not seem to work appropriately, as they only recorded this release, nonetheless, the high quality of the music played herein outweighed by far their deficiencies as a team, and that's why the album could be considered as a great work. Of course this is recommended for die-hard fans of the 80's power metal sound, and those who want a rarity in their collections.