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Lords of Black guitarist & songwriter Tony Hernando leads all-star line-up of Journey, Hardline, Animal Drive, Perfect Plan and Revolution Saints artists…

100% Spicy

Restless Spirits happened to be one of those surprise finds, while searching iTunes for one-off tracks, older projects or new releases from artists that I most admire. It’s likely that is how many a melodic rock fan, stumbled across this diverse array of talent, led by guitarist Tony Hernando’s (Lords of Black) all-star album.

I love releases like this, especially when coming from Milan, Italy’s Frontiers Music. Founder and CEO, Serafino Perugino, has not only been responsible for providing a platform for the best rock n’ roll artists from the 80’s, he’s also introduced fans of the genre, to newer talent, like the bands Action and China Blue that I managed and executive produced for his label, along with sponsoring monster, super groups, such as Restless Spirits.

“Restless Spirits” Track-Listing:

1. Stop Livin’ To Live Online (Johnny Gioeli of Hardline on Vocals)
2. Unbreakable (Deen Castronovo of Revolution Saints on Vocals)
3. I Remember Your Name (Kent Hilli of Perfect Plan on Vocals)
4. Cause I Know You’re The One (Dino Jelusic of Animal Drive on Vocals)
5. Nothing I Could Give To You (Johnny Gioeli of Hardline on Vocals)
6. Calling You (Deen Castronovo of Journey on Vocals)
7. Live To Win (Deen Castronovo of Ozzy on Vocals)
8. You And I (Alessandro Del Vecchio of Revolution Saints on Vocals)
9. When It Comes To You (Alessandro Del Vecchio of Hardline on Vocals)
10. Lost Time (Not To Be Found Again) (Dino Jelusic of Animal Drive on Vocals)
11. In The Realm Of The Black Rose (Diego Valdez of Lords of Black on Vocals)
12. Nothing I Could Give To You – Acoustic Version (Johnny Gioeli of Hardline on Vocals)

In addition to the diverse vocal talents, the album features even more superstars on guitar, base, drums, piano and keyboards.

Musicians:

• Tony Hernando / All guitars, bass, keyboards except where noted.
• Deen Castronovo/ Drums, lead vocals on 2,6,7
• Johnny Gioeli / Lead vocals on 1, 5
• Alessandro Del Vecchio / Lead vocals on 8, 9, background vocals on 2,6,7
• Diego Valdez / Lead vocals on 11, background vocals on 2,3,6,7
• Kent Hilli / Lead vocals on 3
• Dino Jelusic / Lead vocals on 4,10
• Victor Diez / Piano and keyboards on 2,5,6,11
• Leif Elhin / Keyboards on 3

How best to define this all-star project? Amazing! This is not surprising, as Frontiers’ rock star producer, writer, keyboardist and singer Alessandro Del Vecchio contributes to the strong middle-finish. I can’t say enough about his all-around talent along with that of both Johnny Gioeli and Deen Castronovo. I had the pleasure of working on a single Hardline record for Frontiers with Gioeli & Del Vecchio and promoting three Journey records and several tours that Castronovo were on.

Restless Spirits is truly an ensemble of spirited writing, solid production and outstanding vocals. Sometimes, projects like these can sound uneven, as the voices or writing do not have a harmonious or thematic blend. That is not the case with Restless Spirits, as the tracks are well sequenced with the album growing stronger with each track.

Do you have the album, what are your thoughts? Please offer your feedback in the comments section below. Always curious to know what format(s) of music do you consume these days? Physical, streaming services, music videos, or paid downloads? Consider becoming a member of the AppFlicks community as either an AppFlicker Critic, JoulePepper Contributor or AuteurX Creator via our Login page. Look forward to your JoulePepper rating of my Restless Spirits review and please let me know your reaction in the JouleView section, below…

I give Tony Hernando’s Restless Spirits, 4.5 JoulePeppers – it’s Hot n’ Spicy!

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