JORN
Lonely Are the Brave
Frontiers Records 2008
www.frontiers.it

Genre
Hard rock / melodic rock

The Good
Jorn is like Ronnie James Dio and David Coverdale on steroids. He makes that clear on his bombastic vocals on "Lonely are the Brave." Crunchy guitars and a fiery vocals help drive the dark rocker "Night City." Passionate wails and pounding drums kick off the super-charged "Shadow People." Chugga-chugga riffage takes you through the rest of the track. Jorn knows how to mix things up too. "Soul of the Wind" is a pure vocal highlight as Jorn shows off his soulfulness early on, then comes full-boar in the middle. "The Inner Road" is loaded with guitar and vocal fury.

The Bad
This is a very short album; 45 minutes and 9 songs.

The Verdict
Lonely Are the Brave is chock-full of energy, power, and heavy metal thunder. No wussy ballads mucking things up here.

Rating: out of 5

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--George Dionne