Fire Horse – Out Of The Ashes
Suburban – 2022
Rock, Hard, Stoner, Seventies, Sixties Pop, Grunge
Rated: *****
Today we celebrate the release of Out Of The Ashes! And we also celebrate the bass player’s birthday! Three cheers and three hoorays! Or perhaps many more, for the album is a true blast! Have you already heard about the new powerhouse, super-power-trio on the block? They’re called Fire Horse! And have just delivered their debut album Out Of The Ashes. Super-power-trio we say, because they are comprised out of bass player (Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!) Peter van Elderen from Peter Pan Speedrock / Tankzilla, Kevin Stunnenberg from Birth Of Joy and Guy Pek from Grenadeers. If you did hear about this new power trio you probably already heard one of their singles: Against The World, Stormtrooper, Trust or the one from 2021, Fire Horse. Well, the album is full of more of that goody goody heaviness. We get hardrock, with minor psychedelic touches, we get stoner, with an angular stomp and gritty choppiness, we get sixties pop influences, and we get all of that on eleven wild tracks. Sure, most of the songs are hardrock, fast paced grunge, high energy, which move in a straight line, and power you through the landscape. But with sweet, yet edgy vocals that gives it all its very own character. But there are also Sabbath referencing songs, where even the vocals move towards Ozzy’s style and pitch, just listen to over 6 minutes long ninth track Situations. There are sixties pop melodies that are Beatlesque and harmonies like the Beach Boys, check out third track Against The World for that. Or do you wanna hear some stoner rock in the Palm Desert vein? Check out closer Keep It Coming! Than there are those little tidbits that just punch your memory card and makes your brain go crazy about what it reminds you of? Some Black Crowes here, some Queens of The Stone Age there, but above all, Fire Horse sound like a super-power-house-power-trio doing what they love and bringing that love to the heavy rocking masses! And there can be absolutely no doubt about that love when you listen to the song bearing the bands name, for during those four minutes that Fire Horse rocks, you hear blistering seventies guitar, vocals that just gallop their way into your brain, perfectly paced, and in beautiful control. Fire Horse, a pure-bred rock ‘n roll beast that will leave scorch marks on your heart with every stomp of their hoof!
(Written by JK)