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Not that the song ever was that far from AOR, its penned by Diane Warren, who is the queen of AOR ballads I like the original, and I like this rock version too.

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Thats right ladies and probably some of you gentlemen, the blonde lead guitarist of King Kobra and SchoolboysIcon.

Tunnel is his latest project featuring lead vocalist Scott Hammons (Icon) and their debut album is overall fun classic guitar oriented rock.

Let the music do the talkin - should be the overall message this time and I definitely prefer this over Davids other project.

Tigertailz Young And Crazy Rar Plus Some Of

Tunnel is an rollercoaster ride of riff-spitting numbers in the vein of Van Halen, Tesla, Shark Island, Sammy Hager, Ozzy featuring Randy Rhoads, plus some of the most uptempo songs of King Kobra.

Its sparkling hardrock with a rather familiar concept and formula of the past.

Indeed, you can almost hear the distant sound of Rhoads amp in the background.

Inspired and influenced by Van Halens all-time classic, Aint Talkin Bout Love, no doubt The excellent closing track, Garden Of Your Earthly Delights, sounds like if Tesla were doing outtakes from the John Corabi fronted version of Motley Crue (what a great and sadly underrated CD they did with Corabi).

The man is basically a living legend as he provided bgv on all the major hardrock releases between the years of 1986 to 1992.

Seriously, you name it - hes done it This is very much like the old guitar rock releases and unfortunately this also means merely eight tracks on display.

Not enough tracks in my opinion, but then again, you wont find half a dozen of fillers.

His work seems to be much in demand these days, this album being the third one were reviewing during the last few weeks.

In case youre wondering, the other two are Acacia Avenue and State Of Rock.

You see, Serpentine play the kind of AOR that leaves a nice first impression, but after that it either becomes forgettable or it raises to the next level.

The labels new anti-piracy policy of having secret fades in most of the songs tries hard to piss me off though.

Secret fadesTheyre not so secret when the damn song disappears from time to time.

The keyboards are upfront, but the hard-edged guitars add a bit of bite to the sound.

Indeed, some of these songs wouldnt have sounded out of place on Shys classic Excess All Areas.

The title track, the video track Whatever Heartache, Let Love Rain Down and In My Blood are probably the strongest tracks, all blessed with strong melodies and hooks.

Having played this album quite a few times, I still had to check those three because I couldnt remember them at all.

Track number 8, We Belong might appeal to Journey freaks, as its a bit like Only The Young.

Its a cover of Toni Braxtons Unbreak My Heart, given an AOR treatment.