Whitesnake - Forevermore

\r\nIt is common place for a huge band that’s releasing a new album to have extensive intros on the reviews as well as a full band’s historic references and the like. What could I possibly write for a band or more likely, a singer that carries almost 40 years of successful musical career with its ups and downs, having played with some of the greatest bands of what we call Rock. Band’s like Deep Purple, as well as some Rock legends like Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Vivian Campbell and lots more surely remember Mr. Coverdale. Sure thing is that this album appeals to all the Hard Rockers out there, especially to those that are into this music the last 20 years.
\r\nEvery release that bears the mark of David Coverdale is a guaranteed one. When it comes to Whitesnake quality is more than obvious.
\r\nSo what we were waiting for almost 2 years after fake announcements and possible release dates is finally here. David Coverdale releases the new Whitesnake album called “Forevermore”. The only question is: was it worth our waiting? 
\r\nHere come two factors that I can’t avoid, my personal opinion and the inevitable comparison of “Forevermore” with the band’s previous releases. So I push play and "Steal Your Heart Away" unleashes a barrage of heavy riffing along with some hard ‘n’ blues feeling, things that are considered “Whitesnake trademarks”. "All Out of Luck"that follows is simply the most groovy hard rockin song of the album with Doug Aldrich giving some guitar solo seminars.
\r\nThe third song is the well known “Love Will Set You Free” that proceeded the album’s release a song that could easily be on either “1987” or “Slip Of The Tongue” album.
\r\nAnd just because you can’t have a Whitesnake album without a ballad the emotional "Easier Said Than Done" ,"One Of These Days" and  "Fare Thee Well" are here to slow things down a bit.
\r\nThere are three songs that, in my personal opinion, manage to stand out not because they reminded me of the band’s good old days but just because as compositions are amazing. These are “Tell Me How” with its powerful hard rocking feeling, the acoustic ballad "One of These Days" that carries you away and the title track “Forevermore” that reminded me a bit of Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” something that I fancy.
\r\nI can’t miss mentioning Dough Aldrich’s stunning guitar work on both riffs and solos, this guy proves to be a worthy replacement of Vandenberg and Sykes giving out that original feeling of times past filtered through a modern approach.Above all I think that the trademark for every Whitesnake album is David’s worm, distinctive voice that sounds a bit worn out despite the powerful production.
\r\nFinishing this review I would like to state that “Forevermore” even though it doesn’t claim a place among the Whitesnake’s masterpieces is an album that really rocks and I think a bit better than its predecessor “Good To Be Bad”! \r\n

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\r\nAndreas Anellos \r\n

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