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Osssy - Serum 2.0
Release Date: 2014
Label: Yellow Snake Records
Genre: Melodic HardRock
Format: MP3 320 kbps
Time: 50:14
Size: 117 MB
Established in Hannover, Germany, Oswald OSSSY Pfeiffer is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer who in the last 20 years has collaborated with artists such as Paul Young, UFO, Gunter Gabriel, Accept, TOTO, Fury In The Slaughterhouse, and uncredited for many others as session musician and composer.
Now, Osssy decided it was time for his own band and cut his own stuff, pulling together some very good musician friends collected during all these years.
So we have here Osssy's debut "Serum 2.0", in fact the second part / release of his self project, all recorded at the same time but split in two volumes due the huge amount of material. Judging the quality displayed in this '2.0', I am eager to get the part 1 as soon as possible.
But let's discuss this "Serum 2.0" now. This is indeed the 'serum of influences' declared by Osssy; classic rock bands from Europe / America, leaning towards Melodic Rock / AOR.
Indeed through these 12 tracks you can feel his passion for the genre covering all the eras including the Eighties, Nineteties and the more modern new millennium age.
Despite his German origin, few of the melodic rock style from this country is present on "Serum 2.0", where the British, US and Scandinavian stylings dominate. Also, many of the tracks are strongly AOR impregnated.
Since the first, strong mid-tempo opener "There Was A Time" you will have two things clear about Osssy: he's a seasoned musician / arranger, and a consummate songwriter. A wonderful AOR song that somehow reminds me UK's Passion Street, with Osssy's vocals (no accent at all) clearly infatuated by the late '80s and with a slightly Coverdale-Slip of the Tongue tone during the verses.
You'll get more of this kind on the supreme "Looking In The Sun" richer on keyboards, and a Scandi touch ala Norwegians Dalton in "Radio".
However, and for good affect, Osssy is pretty diverse and not just one dimensional AOR.
"Burn Your House Down" drive things up a notch for a hot rocker with an spiralling bluesy riff, "Bad Company" mixes Tyketto with Badlands, and "Atom Monster King (Face Lotion)" shows the band's groovy side.
"Too Much Woman" is pure American classic rock with acoustics / electrics and a 'road' feel, "Sweet Lady Of Mine" throw vintage organs into the mix and some progressive arrangements, and the velvety ballad even has some Beatlesque melodies in its DNA.
Member:
Osssy Pfeiffer - Lead vocals, all instruments
Anca Graterol - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards
Steve Mann - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards
Lars Lehmann - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Kristof Hinz - Drums
Momme Boe - Percussion loops
Tracklist:
01. Ignore The Sign
02. There Was A Time
03. Looking In The Sun
04. Burn Your House Down
05. Mama
06. Bad Company
07. All These Years
08. Atom Monster King (Face Lotion)
09. Too Much Woman
10. Who Helps Sweet Honey
11. Sweet Lady Of Mine
12. Radio
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