BLACK HILL "Nasty Nights" Demo CD.
(Official Website)
It seems like BLACK HILL have been around for a while now. Like most Italian bands, they stand on the metal side of glam with influences such as MÖTLEY CRÜE or TIGERTAILZ (that can be heard especially on "Traffic Light"'s guitar riff.) They give their total respect to the 80s Sunset Strip tradition with rocking mid-tempo songs ornamented with loud backing vocals and crazy guitar solos and, they didn't forget the power ballad ("Fat Love") as well as the accoustic one ("Strange Days") to end the record.This is well played and the guys seem a lot into it but I don't dig the vocals too much on this demo. Probably just too high-pitched, too heavy metal for my tastes. I've just read on their website that they're looking for a new singer so I'm curious to see if they will find the same kind of vocalist or on the contrary, a more rock'n'roll oriented one. That would give them more points in my book.
/Laurent.

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