Are any of you familiar with this great German melodic band? They're not power metal but have a real nice rock sound. I just picked up their album "G" and Wow is it cool. I recommend it highly.
Gotthard
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Gotthard is not German.......they are Swiss.
And yes, the first 3 albums really rock (s/t, Dial Hard and G.) forget about everything they did later though, alas...... it's pop music with a little "harder edge", very mainstream, radio-friendly and commercially.
And yes, the first 3 albums really rock (s/t, Dial Hard and G.) forget about everything they did later though, alas...... it's pop music with a little "harder edge", very mainstream, radio-friendly and commercially.
longshot9
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Agreed with SavaHexe. I discovered them when G came out, it's a brilliant disc if you're into a height-of-popularity-Whitesnake sound. The first two, s/t and dialhard, are more along the same vein but not quite as catchy and well written. Also agreeing with Savahexe... don't bother with anything after G. They went into a more radio-friendly AOR format after that. There's nothing on G that even compares to the style they put out after that.
They are a great band. I would also agree with SavaHexe and Symfnyx--the first three cd's are the best. Another great band to check out with that style of sound is Shakra-- they rock hard with straight ahead great riffing metal. They have four studio and one live cd out and are getting ready to release a dvd and I believe a companion cd with it. The cool thing about Shakra is that they have stayed heavy unlike Gotthard!
(Oops--spelled Shakra wrong in the 'Listening To' section--damnit
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(Oops--spelled Shakra wrong in the 'Listening To' section--damnit
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Dustin
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I haven't heard the band yet, but it's ironic I saw a thread here about them while I was browsing for some of their releases. I just know that Krusty is the authority on this band... as he's a huge fan and is always willing to convert people over to listening to them. :Spin:
I'll more than likely buy up their entire catalauge; I've been on alarge AOR kick as of late, and have been listening to bands like Emreald Rain, Millenium (both recomended by Rainer Kalwitz who did their album covers), as well as Jaded Heart and my new favorite... Frontline! So Gotthard is next on my list along with Von Groove....
I'm finding more and more bands like this, usually on Point music, Frontier Records or Now & Then Records, that are very high quality metal/rock AOR, many of which sound like a time warp back to the late 80's! This is stuff I was raised on, so I'm really digging it!
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Dustin
I'll more than likely buy up their entire catalauge; I've been on alarge AOR kick as of late, and have been listening to bands like Emreald Rain, Millenium (both recomended by Rainer Kalwitz who did their album covers), as well as Jaded Heart and my new favorite... Frontline! So Gotthard is next on my list along with Von Groove....
I'm finding more and more bands like this, usually on Point music, Frontier Records or Now & Then Records, that are very high quality metal/rock AOR, many of which sound like a time warp back to the late 80's! This is stuff I was raised on, so I'm really digging it!
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Dustin
