Michael Schenker Group - Immortal Review.
Listening to Immortal, the new album from the Michael Schenker Group, there is one thing that I have read quite recently that I simply cannot get out of my head.
Apparently the guy has NOT yet been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame- I find this incredible! Surely this cannot be true?!
He is, in my opinion, one of the top three guitar players I have ever heard.
I find myself listening for all the guitar work above everything else( it has always been the way when I listen to anything written by or played on by Schenker).
That is not to say that the album is bad at all. I like it. There are some really great songs on it . My own favourites include Don’t Die On Me Now , Devil’s Daughter and Sail The Darkness. Overall it is a really nice collection of good rock songs with a couple of slower ballads thrown in as well.
In Search Of The Peace Of Mind is a lovely little hat tip to the 70s Scorpions days.
It may sound as though I am being a bit dismissive of the actual songs and I do not mean to be at all. I believe Immortal is as good as some of Schenker’s earlier work and would deserve about a 7 out of ten.
The thing that probably pushes it up to an eight or nine is the guitar playing. It is unmistakeable melodic and lyrical. Schenker seems to avoid the over technical barrage of notes that some strive for. He sound totally effortless and the work fits with the songs beautifully.
Some of the picking in the slower After The Rain is stunning and takes me back to High Flyer from the album Force It and maybe also Love To Love from the slightly later Lights Out .
Lockdown cannot end quickly enough for a lot of far more important reasons than live music, but seeing another live performance from this man will be very near the top of my To Do list.
The songs on Immortal will fit in well with any other that are included in a live set.
Michael Schenker is alive and well and still shredding like the guitar hero that he always has been.
Go and buy this and just listen to a guy who is a master of his craft, doing what he does best. It will make you realise that form is temporary but class is permanent- and Michael Schenker is pure class.
Get your copy of Immortal from Amazon.
For all things MSG.
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