Kill the King

This should be mother's milk for fans of Ronnie James Dio's music from Rainbow, through Sabbath, and early solo material, as well as Hell Bent For Leather era Judas Priest, I can also hear elements of UFO, Thin Lizzy, Bangalore Choir, Accept, and Malice in their music. The production is good and tight with lots of bottom end punch as you would expect with a monster Rhythm section like Vinny Appice and Marco Mendoza. The guitar slinger is promising Polish teenager Iggy Gwadera, who plays fast and dextrously without sounding at all like an EVH or Yngwie disciple. Doogie White handles the vocals and does a fine job in his role. For long time serious hard rock fans like myself, this is a very familiar sounding CD, for example; the riff on "Wild Woman" sounds like a variation of Rainbow's "Long Live Rock N Roll" riff, the acoustic guitar line in "Guardian Of Your Heart" closely resembles the one in Great White's "Save Your Love", the verse riff in "Get Out Of My Way" closely recalls the verse riff in Thin Lizzy's "Dedication", the opening riff in "Transition" sounds alot like Sabbath's "Time Machine", and the song "Exodus" brings to mind Dio's "Egypt (The Chains Are On)". That being said, most of the tracks are very good, mostly uptempo, but with nothing that hits Thrash speed, nor plods along slowly, with only the final track, a ballad, being an obvious weak link to my ears. In the end, I can confidently recommend this CD for any and all fans of late 70's - early 80's era power rock

You know this is a pretty solid release. I am a fan of Doogie White. His stuff (studio and live) with Rainbow and MSG are in my music collection. Vinnie Appice needs no introduction, and Marco Mendoza should not be confused with the bassist from Twisted Sister. And then their is this Polish kid, Iggy on guitar. And WAMI is born. A rock solid collection of songs, but it should be said none of which were written by Doogie, Vinnie or Marco, yet it still works really well. The production, mix, performances, are all top notch, and the album works better when listened to in it's entirety and does not drag on or sound generic in the least bit. I would be really surprised if there is another album, because again, this is not a collaborative effort, it appears to be a hired guns project. If there is a 2nd album, I would gladly welcome another WAMI in my music collection

The members promise to be a great new band. The songs are solid and well written. However, it lacks a certain something I would expect from the band's lineup. I do have it recorded on my Ford SYNC, so will listen to it some more and decide if I will keep it in my truck. I would buy/sample it on MP3 or borrow from a friend who has it before buying it first.

Amazing album. Remeniscent of Rainbow and Deep Purple. Doogie White sounds better than ever, and Iggy is a guitar virtuoso at 16 years old. If you like seventies and eighties hard rock and metal, you will love WAMI! I was a little apprehensive about buying this without hearing anything in advance, but I'm glad I did. Can't wait to see this band in concert.

Good album

Doogie White and the band sound amazing. This is just great hard rock, melodic music with one of the best vocals of our time.

Playing great! Hooks coulda been more memorable.....

Dissapointing

When you are like me fan of 3 of these musicians, chances you can go wrong here are low. Dougie White has a great voice and was / is a member of Rainbow, Tank, Michael Schenker Group. Vinnie Appice is famous as the drummer of Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell and Marco Mendoza is the bassplayer of Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy.Together with sixteen years old Polish guitarwonder Iggy they play hardrock in the Rainbow, Whitesnake style and the guitarist sounds like a mix of Michael Schenker and Gary Moore. This project was greatly helped by a Polish composersduo and one of them sings a great duet with Dougie and sounds like David Coverdale.Great album with lots of variation (uptempo, rockers, ballad), great melodies and musicians.

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