Black Swan - Generation Mind (2022) [44.1kHz/24bit]

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Black Swan - Generation Mind (2022) 44.1-24
Country: USA
Genre: Hard Rock
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [44,1kHz/24 bit]
Time: 55:28
Full Size: 695.94 MB

When the Black Swan was hatched in 2020, the debut of this super-group for the new decade made some real waves. Schenker vocalist Robin McAuley was carried capably by Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson, along with fellow Dokken alum Reb Beach, also infamous for Winger, Whitesnake, Night Ranger and almost countless other credits. Massive drumming was handled by Frehley and Mr. Big powerhouse drummer Matt Starr, and still is. The debut album did a number of new things, in some familiar flavors, to the end that it scored very well with the Sonic Perspectives team. The same band remains intact, and has delivered a new album for 2022.

"Generation Mind" promises to be a more focused and polished offering than the band's original debut, but let's find out how it measures up. This one-hour collection of twelve tracks is meant to be one of the biggest arrivals for 2022 from Frontiers Records, as it should be with this talented lineup.

The album scores some bonus points for creativity with a one-minute instrumental introduction, which may be called "Before The Light," but seems to reach back a little bit to the Zeppelin catalog and "In The Light," albeit a darker more ominous interpretation of the same feelings. Of course, when Reb starts weaving in some leads halfway in, his signature tremolo work almost gets some Jason Becker vibes happening, which is cool. When the second track, the first "real" track starts, entitled "She Hides Behind," it has Reb's fingerprints all over it. As with the previous Black Swan release, as well as other Reb projects like "The Mob" (with Dug Pinnick), Reb tends to employ riffs and song structures which are great rockers in their own right, but perhaps not adequately the right proggy flavor for the underrated composer known as C.F. Kip Winger. For pushing seventy years of age, Robin McAuley certainly has zero reservations about pushing his vocal cords to the limits, and his voice remains solid and more than up to the task. Reb's solo in the piece is his usual solid work, filled with his signature blend of high-speed legato runs complemented by the occasional right hand tapping and trem flutters and pull-ups.

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