Chronic -
Hove one (15.02.2013)
The
river Rhein flew peaceful and quite through the cathedral city cologne for a
long time until 2007 two musicians thought it was the right time to found an own
band. So Wolfgang Meierhoff and Michael Wittwer founded the band Chronic. Their
music contains elements of Rock, Hardrock and Metal. Henceforward there was no
rest in the rheincity anymore and with their first lineup the band had a lot of
gigs on their bandaccount. In the year 2007 the band released their first Demo
and worked hard to get a solid name in the scene. In 2012 a lot happened in
their line up, Alex Fischer returned to Chronic and with Bernie Beginn there
will be a new name for their line up. Nothing is able to stop the colognes and
so Chronic decided to record their first EP „Hove one“, which will be released
in 2013, in the BigEasy studio in Hennef. Even so the band shared the stage 2012
with bands the like of Grave Digger or Motorjesus and a live dvd was released.
So Chronic have made it serious and released their first EP
„Hove one“, and i´m curious what is waiting for me, in fact their demosongs
where good. “Qou Vadis” (latin and stands for “where shall the way lead?”) is a
really meaningful song and Chronic kicks ass with the first song. It is melodic
and rocks, the guitars and bass are good listenable and the vocals are powerful
and raw. It would be possible to compare it with other bands, but if you hear it
a few times you will find Chronics own stile in the song.
I enjoy the introduction of “Hove one” and so I have repeated
to listen “Qou Vadis” a few times. Virus hits a higher level, the sound is
pushes the song forward straight into your neck. It is not easy to pot Chronic
into a style, because it connects a lot of elements like Hardrock, Heavy Metal
and Rock but also Thrash Metal. The vocals of “Virus” are still very powerful
also all instruments are good to hear and sound clear recorded. The songs make a
lot of fun. “Mirror” is at the beginning a very quite smooth song but gathers a
lot of speed and aggression slowly between the parts. Again the power is in the
focus which allows to bring the listener in touch with the music for this
reason and because it shows the skills of the cologne musician it is a MUSTPLAY
track. “President Evil” is the last track on this CD and I can only say “why”,
really I like this ep and I would like to hear more… Ok let’s talk about this
song, in the first moments I thought about heavy metal like Iron Maiden, but
after some seconds more and more elements drift into it, which gives this song a
lot of power. This mid tempo song also has an excellent quality.
My opinion:
Chronic and their EP “Hove one” are a colorful mix which depends on their sound
and their influences. It is Metal but there is also Rock, Hard Rock but also
Punk and Thrash inside, also they are melodic and know how to fascinate their
listeners. The recording is superb thanks to the great recorded instruments and
the powerful vocal skills of the vocalist, who is also good skilled in soft
vocals. I really really like this Ep and I am looking forward to hear more and
so I hope it is one step forward to a new album.
Line
Up:
Wolfgang Meierhoff
Guitar
Michael Wittwer
Vocals
Bernie Beginn
Bass
Alex Fischer
Drums
soundquality: 9/10
variation: 9/10
cover: 8/10 Booklet: 0/10
total: 8,6/10
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