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Voodoo Circle: Broken Heart Syndrome

Featuring members of Silent Rage, Sinner, Primal Fear, Pink Cream 69 and Dezperadoz , there's no doubt that Voodoo Circle's self titled debut album made quite an impact when it was released in 2008. The band's creator and guitarist Alex Beyrodt (Silent Rage) enlisted the help of frontman David Readman (Pink Cream 69), bassist Mat Sinner (Sinner/Primal Fear), drummer Markus Kullmann (Dezperadoz) and keyboard player Jimmy Kresic to produce one of the most convincing homage's to all things Whitesnake, Rainbow and Deep Purple that you would ever want to hear. Three years later and the five-some are back with the same recipe and some even tastier songs for you to savour.

There's no doubting that the likes of "This Could Be Paradise", "Devil's Daughter" and "Don't Take My Heart" are straight from the Whitesnake handbook, or that "The Heaven's Are Burning" and "Wings Of Heaven" are prime time Rainbow, but with Readman's gloriously melodic tones and the superb riffs and licks from Beyrodt this album doesn't sound like a second rate copycat effort. In fact the songs on this album are up there with some of the best songs that the acts Voodoo Circle are influenced by put together. Another perfect example is the wonderfully atmospheric and stately blues ballad of "Blind Man" which comes across like a stupendous left over from Deep Purple's Stormbringer album. Readman's vocal is simply stunning on this track and that performance is equalled by the marvellous keyboard work of Kresic, who impressive across the entire album.

I'm not usually a huge fan of bands or albums that so blatantly stick to such a well worn formula however when the songs are so convincing and the performances so captivating it is impossible not just to swept along by the fantastic music. Coverdale and his talented hired hands have a new album on the horizon, but in truth it will have to go some to better this.


Track Listing
1. No Solution Blues
2. King Of Your Dreams
3. Devil's Daughter
4. This Could Be Paradise
5. Broken Heart Syndrome
6. When Destiny Calls
7. Blind Man
8. Heal My Pain
9. The Heaven's Are Burnging
10. Don't Take My Heart
11. I'm In Heaven
12. Wings Of Fury

Added: May 8th 2011
Reviewer: Steven Reid
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