NAUGHTY BOYS " Destiny Calls "
Artiste Service – By Franck Leber

2 years after their real first album, Swedish rockers from NAUGHTY BOYS come back again with this new release titled " Destiny Calls ", always so rock, so melodic and which kicks ass with its guitars, its chorus and its great energy. Yes NAUGHTY BOYS musicians ride on their starry road to a powerful and shining rock always enthusiastic. Nothing seems to stop these melodic and riff addict boys ("Walk away" is an excellent example), we stamp one’s feet, and we enjoy every song on the 11 kicked with an indescribable joy and an indisputable melodic love. There is in this band a mix of rock’n roll, hard rock and FM music and with the so particular voice, lightly glam oriented, all the album is hard-hitting and our glad ears want more song after song. Let’s name the sublime "Walk away", with excellent rhythm and catchy section, "Endless pain" in the same way, full of both feeling and power, the magnificent "Don’t turn around" with enchanted keyboards, giving this sensitive touch which increase the FM side of the music, added to a rhythm section absolutely crazy, so we tell it’s the most important song. And then there is "Light of the day", with a big sound, melodic and delicious, which inject some dynamism into the music, the sensual "Eternity" with smooth and magical keyboards, of course it’s the great ballad which expresses the indisputable talent of NAUGHTY BOYS regarding their way of composing, without forgetting "Broken", "Time" and overall "Head held high", very rock et very efficient, with exciting guitars. We can add this album has no fillers, no weak song, there are compact songs well done, powerful, attractive and the master word of "melody" characterizes completely this successful release. At the end, " Destiny Calls " shows something refreshing, full of sensational melodies, powerful guitars, with great rhythm and tremendous choruses. Then with Mikael Sandvik on vocals, Hasse Olsson on guitars, Morgan Valentine on keyboards, Robert Norberg on bass, Jonas Ludwigson on drums, let’s have a delicious moment with this pure rock jewel and let’s listen without moderation! Simply brilliant !