SONIC ATTACK

The band presents some psyche moments, at times, probably to remind us their origins. But the contrast between "Psychosonia" which is a combination of spacey stuff and hard-rock is totally inappropriate. On the contrary "Virgin Of The World" is absolutely sublime. So emotive, so melodic, so . great (at least till the vocals enter the scene). But even so, it remains one of my fave from this work.

On the speedy edge, the excellent "Rocky Paths" is a demoniac song : wild beat, great guitar. The tradition of this musical angle of the band is very well defended with such a track. A highlight IMHHO.

On the same mood "Angels Of Death" has more in common with heavy prog than anything else. Still, the repetitive beat, the wonderful guitar solo and the hypnotic bass create a very convincing song. Enjoyable, I would say.

And the band remains in good territories with the new wave oriented "Living On A Knife Edge". But you might know that I liked quite a lot good new wave bands. This song is of course another energetic one. More pop oriented combined with lots of synth work.

But when I listen to "Disintegration", I have the impression to listen to the Pistols (yes, the Sex ones). The same chaotic and dynamic approach, and vocals as well are not far from Johnny's ones. Surprising of course, but the band has been popular amongst punk audiences and they already had flirted here and there with the style. I guess that very few progheads would praise this number. Amazing.

"Streets Of Fear" do have some similarities with "Bogus Man" (from Roxy). It is not the first time that I could find some relation between those two bands. The final two songs are more traditional ones. Rhythm, solid rock and great guitar are the ingredients for "Lost Chances", spacey background sounds animate the good rock "Trans-Dimensional Man".

A good closing for a another good "Hawkwind" album.