Album title: Silver
Artist: Gotthard
Genre: Hard Rock
Nationality: Swiss
Release date: January 13
Position in Discography: Twelfth
Fear Factor: Low
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The first Swiss album to be released in 2017? Well, on this list anyway. Starts off as a kind of an AOR thing with a big hooky chorus then seems to chart a course between Europe (the band, not the continent) and Creedence, which generally is not a bad thing. Got to laugh at the double entendre of their name: oh ho ho! Actually, maybe more Kansas than CCR but still good. “Stay with me” stands out as a nice rock anthem if a little generic (kind of reminds me of Balance of Power). Kind of more in the AOR vein as I suspected from the opener, with elements of maybe pop/rock? I wouldn't call it hard rock, unless you call the likes of Bon Jovi and Europe hard rock? Nah. Good album though.
Expectation Index: 0