Sebastian Bach - Child Within The Man (2024) [FLAC] {Ward Records GQCS-91464}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2025/07/19 RTLDATE: 2024/05/10
GENRE: Hard Rock FORMAT: 507 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 47:33
RiPPER: EAC 1.8 ENCODER: FLAC 1.5
DRiVE: ASUS SW-16D1X-U ORiGiN: Japan
RELEASE: Ward Records GQCS-91464
MATRiX: IFPI L275 GQCS-91464 1
with log/cue/nfo/m3u/sfv/300 dpi scans.
TheRockPit (dot) net adds. . .
Opening with a kick-ass rocker Sebastian, I guess, is hoping that his new
record will surpass the wonderful new Skid Row record featuring Erik Gronwell
on vocals. I mean I can think of few ex-singers who spend as much time
talking about their old band than Sebastian. From personal experience I've
interviewed him a number of times over the years and twice there’s been a ban
on talking 'Skid Row' and on both occasions he mentioned the topic multiple
times within minutes.
This album to me though is a tale of two halves:
The opener 'Everybody Bleeds' is fast, frenetic and decent enough, but it's
not the explosion I anticipated. And whilst 'Freedom' that follows is more
laid back and had some "on point" vocals again it's not a spectacular song
I'm hearing just decent filler. Don't get me wrong musically the mix is
great, the guitar on 'Freedom' is stellar and the bass and drums kick some
ass and Seb sounds wonderful but so far it's just not got the songs for me.
Three songs in the first slow number hits in '(Hold On) To The Dream' which
bursts into flame as expected after the first verse is OK but again not
house-rocking. There's lots of great vocals and screams and a nice drive but
the hook bypasses me completely. It's the story of the album so far. Nice
songs, brilliant musicianship and stellar vocals but nothing to grab you by
the throat and make you think "I have to hear this live!" in that first
salvo. . .
'What Do I Got To Lose' that follows has a nice groove and hits that
trademark Skid Row sound, it's another nice song; and "Hard Darkness" that
follows has a similarly cool groove but is far more like it, a nice build to
a great chorus, and interestingly I'd love to hear this one at double speed
as I reckon amped up this could be the song of the album.
'Future of Youth' is similarly groove laden and is one that I hope gets a
live airing - it's a great song that grabbed me on the first play and has a
more modern rock sound. 'Vendetta" is another winner, and I'm starting to
think that the second half of this record is way better than the rather
prosaic opening. There's a lot of passion here and a crushing riff that you'd
kill for.
'F.U.' as you might expect doesn't spare the horses and that pent up
aggression and a huge riff and uber cool solo might just make it my favourite
here and similarly 'Crucify Me' sounds great. Late on we get two of the songs
that I think makes this a great release. It's almost as if Seb played too
safe early on and you can appreciate that a decade between releases.
The final two songs are also pretty cool. 'About to Break' is bombastic and
great fun and sounds like the music of a man twenty years younger, it's a
wonderful shot in the arm, melding as it does the old and the new and
sounding pretty contemporary with some killer guitar. Closer 'To Live Again'
is the big ballad that just fails to nail it. It's a great song, maybe not
the huge closer you might have been waiting for but nothing shabby, and hey I
know Seb has a real connection with the cover art, being by his Dad and all,
but it is one of the worst album covers I've seen in years. That doesn't
diminish the fact that there's a lot of this I'd love to hear live.
Ripper's Notes:
[rant]I don't really like Sebastian Bach. 18 And Life was a pretty solid
song, at least along with the video. Without the song, it's, meh, a song.
But, if you've looked at my upload history, you do know I like Orianthi,
though I'm getting tired of people referring to her as a "female guitarist."
Play someone who's completely unfamiliar with this album an instrumental
version of it, and not one person in a million would be able to tell you
which song was played by a "female guitarist." So, stop demeaning her, and
demeaning women in general by always adding this clarification. Her bits
don't mean shit when it comes to the way she plays.[/rant]
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