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Velocity’s last CD “Impact” may have been the best melodic hard
rock releases of the 1990’s. Soaring guitars, strong vocals and
impressive songwriting all dominated this overlooked
masterpiece. Comparisons could be drawn to Firehouse and Brian
Howe era Bad Company. Lead vocalist / guitarist David Victor
also saw his solo CD “David Victor” reissued as well. The songs
were in a similar vein, fast cars, good times and women.
“Getaway Machine” and “Summer Rules” were anthemesque tracks to
go along with Velocity’s killer tracks “You Don’t Amaze Me
Anymore”, “Julia Ann”, and “Janine”. David Victor has also done
some guitar session work with symphonic rock goddess Lana Lane
and her collaborator Erik Norlander.
“Activator” is Velocity’s latest, 5 song release and
unfortunately the sound has taken a tuned down slightly
alternative direction. Too bad considering the impressive
material Victor has written in the past. The closest sounding
track to their older material is the song “You”, with the
guitars sounding much brighter. “Stay” is a plodding track with
Victor’s vocals still sounding impressive while “Beautiful and
Useless” is a much heavier, darker song. “Stranger” is a moody
alternative rock track with a killer guitar solo a little past
mid-track.
While I am rather disappointed with Velocity’s latest release,
fans of melodic hard rock should definitely check out their
previous release “Impact” and David Victor’s self-titled solo CD
as well. Glimpses of promise still shine through in parts of the
EP, but overall Velocity should avoid the already overdone
modern rock stylings. Hopefully, when Velocity releases a new
full length CD, the band will once again take a nod to their
strongest writing abilities and not cater to millennium
mediocrity.
Homepage:
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