{"id":16319,"date":"2016-09-02T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16319"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:50:13","slug":"album-review-axel-rudi-pell-game-of-sins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16319","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Axel Rudi Pell – Game of Sins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Axel Rudi Pell – Game of Sins<\/strong>
\nRelease Date:<\/strong> January 15, 2016
\nRecord Label<\/strong>: SPV Steamhammer<\/p>\n

Since first hearing him nearly six years ago, Axel Rudi Pell has become one of my favorite heavy metal artists.\u00a0 Backed by a monstrous band featuring Bobby Rondinelli on drums and long time vocalist Joey Gioelli, Axel Rudi Pell’s timeless guitar tone and epic metal songwriting is something that definite is somewhat of a formula.\u00a0 I don’t say this as a bad thing because some formulas are just not meant to be tweaked.\u00a0 AC\/DC, The Ramones, they all had formulas that worked and for the past 20 years or so, Axel Rudi Pell’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality has turned out some truly remarkable metal albums.<\/p>\n

On his latest release Game of Sins<\/a>\"\", that formula has carried over but for some reason, the songs on this album grabbed me more than any of his previous albums since The Crest.\u00a0 Opening with a signature “intro” and then kicking into a face melting opening track is part of that formula that works but on this album, “Fire” just really grabbed me.\u00a0 The hooks, the soaring chorus, that sick as fuck guitar tone, everything about this song is Axel Rudi Pell but stronger than he’s been in years.<\/p>\n