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6 Degrees Entertainment

Title - Written By Life
Artist - Radiant

For those looking to expand their discography, Radiant has just come out with a new album, Written By Life, totally inspired by hard ’80s rock combined with hair metal aspects. Written By Life exudes powerful vocals, melodic tones from the guitar, sick beats from the bass, and thrills from the drums.

The album consists of 11 songs that their homepage dubs as “no filler, just killer.” I would agree to this bold statement, as each track embodies everything you would expect from ’80s style rock and metal.

Herbie Langhans does lead vocals and he continues to shine. His experience in Firewind, Avantasia, as well as other metal bands, makes this a perfect addition to his repertoire. His use of keyboards throughout certain songs just amps up the epic factor. 1. “Nightshift”
2. “Don’t Stop The Daydream”
3. “Real Passion Will Never Die”
4. “Live The Adventure”
5. “Stand That Fight”
6. “Because Of You”
7. “Contagioned”
8. “Rock And Win”
9. “Dare To Fail”
10. “Twice A Week”
11. “Hang Around With Friends”

The guitars are meshed together for a seamless sound that makes you think back to bands like Van Halen and Bon Jovi. Flo Gottsleben and Carsten Stepanowicz use rhythm and riffs to expertly craft their vision to bring a full and epic sound.

Practically every band’s least acknowledged position is bassist. Markus Beck solidly brings the beats and definitely deserves as much cred as possible. Rock And Win is a great example of his skills. However it also points out one of the small flaws I have with this album.

With so much guitar going on, it can easily drown out the deeper tones of the bass. We all know metal is guitar heavy but if I could be so bold to say, they could amp up the bass just a tad and it would make for a more full experience.

No band is complete without its drummer. Manni Spalka has expert level timing and his fills are fabulous. Don’t Stop The Daydream actually gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it. The fills were subtle and nothing extreme but were just enough to give it the oomph the song needed.

Overall, I’d give Written By Life 2 horns up. It makes you want to bob your head, and if I had metal hair I’d be swinging it away during some of the solos. I’ll definitely be seeing them live if they ever come to my area. Metal on!

Review by: John Cicotte

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