My Own Truth

Sunlight

During the 80's the music world had many bands from different styles. Ok, the predominant […]
By SamiiMittelstaedt
August 10, 2015
Sunlight - My Own Truth album cover

During the 80's the music world had many bands from different styles. Ok, the predominant style there was the Hard Rock and similar. AOR or Melodic Hard Rock made much success with bands like JOURNEY, SURVIVOR, ASIA and many others. And SUNLIGHT is a Greek band that song is influenced by these bands and using the traditional European Power Metal to release their first full length called "My Own Truth".

The instrumental is unbelievable especially Makis Kaponis made many beautiful solos and Panos Mourtzinos and Dimitris Kapoukakis did perfect performance. The first song, "Back To Life" had amazing guitar intro by Makis who shows are strong Power Metal influences with European Hard Rock bands like KROKUS with simple but fantastic guitar arrangements. He is the backlight in this song. The singer Dimitris Giannakopoulos are an interesting vocals, but he loses the vocal power during the high notes are hidden by the backing vocals. When you finish to listen it, you start surprising yourself with a super 80's AOR brand: vocals duets with the track name and striking keyboards lines by Panos Anastapoulos. It's a visceral song that makes you come back to 80's and feel the sensation to go to 80's concerts. Stopping this happiness sensation, you listen the first ballad from this album title track - "My Own Truth". A beautiful melody with 80's guitar and keyboards lines with Power Metal vocals. It's a good choice and this time works very well.

"Eastern Train" is a faster song with awesome keyboards melodies with Power Metal influence more than ever. Power Metal is one of my favorite styles than I can tell you, if you're fan, you will like this song with all clichés: supersonic high notes, faster guitar and keyboard solos and infectious double bass-driven grooves. Another one ballad called "When I See You" with an incredible instrumental and Dimitris Giannakopoulos shows that his voice is more brilliant when he sings this style, without high notes with super solos that shows that feeling is more important than million notes per second. "Earthquake", "Rockin' All Around" and "Struggle For Deliverance" are good songs. But only it.

Don't bring anything new. And this last one, the intro is very similar STRATOVARIUS' song called "Hunting High And Low". I thought he was making a cover of it but then the songs and the next called "Lonely Man's Song" lose the shine. Sunlight had virtuous musicians, good ideas but they don't find an owner formula to make different than the other bands. The style they chosen has many, many bands and it's hard to stand out to the other bands. When they find your own style or own formula, they will be a killer band. Now it's a good band like the others. Just all.

8 / 10

Excellent

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"My Own Truth" Track-listing:

1. Back To Life
2. Follow Your Heart
3. My Own Truth
4. Eastern Train
5. When I See You
6. Earthquake
7. Rockin' All Around
8. Struggle For Deliverance
9. Lonely Man's Song

Sunlight Lineup:

Dimitris Giannakopoulos - Vocals
Makis Kaponis - Guitars & Backing Vocals
Panos Mourtzinos - Bass & Backing Vocals
Dimitris Kapoukakis - Drums
Panos Anastopoulos - Keyboards

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