M.I.C. - OUT 2 ROCK
INDEPENDENT
Metal To Infinity
I assume that UK based
promotion company named Two Side Moon forwarded my postal address to the band
M.I.C. to rush a promo CD from their new album “Out 2 Rock”. Make notice of
the fact M.I.C hails us from China… back then in the eighties, this country
got excellent Metal on the map to deliver. I immediately think back to bands
like Magnum 44, Loudness, Earthshaker, Bow Wow, Anthem among others. I’ve
mentioned it so many times before, those were the days Metal was Metal the way
it supposed to be – decades later on now, all looks different in the Heavy
Metal community. I guess that the good old days of Chinese / Japanese Metal are
history… that was then, this is now and a band like M.I.C. underlines my
statement.
Consisting out of
three guys and one, new recruited female rhythm guitarist called Angela
Renzetti who’s originating from Seattle Washington USA. “Out 2 Rock” must
be the band’s second output after they’ve started back in 2004. While
checking out their background history, I have to convince myself of the fact
they were seen on TV all over China delivering live performances – point is
that M.I.C. scored good points by those who watched. I also read that their
debut CD got airplay across multiple European countries followed by reviews in
magazines as well. If these were good or bad I really don’t care at all – to
me is M.I.C. a band that never will conquer the world of Rock and Metal… I’d
like to show my respect for all the courage and hard labour they’ve joined so
far but this way of music isn’t my alley for sure.
M.I.C. plays Melodic Rock /
Hard Rock but it sounds all to weak for me. Singer Yvon Serre for example
hasn’t a bad throat but something is lacking, the final touch is the point I
can’t find back while this guy completes his duties. Have to admit that the
sound quality of “Out 2 Rock” is darn good but as for the music, I’d
rather take some distance. I hear some influences from Green Day, Ziggy Stardust
/ Marc Bolan & T-Rex (in a minor way),… these two last mentioned ones can
be considered as Rock legends and I have absolutely no problems with that but
concerning Green Day, well I don’t like their stuff at all! “Out 2 Rock”
has 13 tracks (written by singer Yvon Serre) to offer, here and there there are
a few good rocking passages to detect but nothing more, nothing less
unfortunately.
M.I.C. can do better than
this, I’m sure about that – they just have to work on better song structures
/ arrangements and say farewell to the Punk-esque touches… instead, they
should bring on some more screaming guitars delivering powerful riffs and
stunning solo works. Boost it all up guys and than, I’ll look forward to hear
from you again. “Out 2 Rock”, a Melodic Rock album which gives some kind of
a sour after-taste according to myself.
My Points: 50 / 100 (Review by Stefan)