Phase2 The End Machine

• 1 The Rising 01:09
• 2 Blood and Money 04:51
• 3 We Walk Alone 04:20
• 4 Dark Divide 05:08
• 5 Crack the Sky 04:38
• 6 Prison or Paradise 05:03
• 7 Plastic Heroes 05:21
• 8 Scars 05:15
• 9 Shine Your Light 05:08
• 10 Devil's Playground 04:14
• 11 Born of Fire 04:34
• 12 Destiny 05:21
• Total Runtime 55:02

Info for Phase2

The End Machine betreten mit dem Nachfolger ihres Debüts aus 2019 sprichwörtlich Phase 2 und liefern eines der ersten Heavy Rock Highlights im neuen Jahr ab.

Seitdem die Ex-Dokken Mitglieder Gitarrist George Lynch, Bassist Jeff Pilson und Schlagzeuger Mick Brown, mittlerweile vertreten von seinem Bruder Steve Brown, und Ex-Lynch Mob Sänger Robert Mason ankündigten, nach dem erfolgreichen Debüt (2018) nunmehr an Phase 2 und gleichnamigen Nachfolge-Album zu arbeiten, rissen die Spekulationen über die musikalische Ausrichtung der Platte nicht ab.

Erstaunlicherweise klingt das Material auf Album #2 aber erneut weder explizit nach Dokken oder Lynch Mob, sondern geht ganz eigene Wege, ohne den Charakter der Protagonisten zu verbergen. Mit ihrem zweiten Album, kurz »Phase2« genannt, liefert die Truppe ein aktuelles, zeitgemäßes Rock-Monster ab, das in den umfangreichen Diskografien aller Beteiligten einen Ehrenplatz erhalten muss.

Robert Mason, lead vocals, background vocals
George Lynch, guitar
Jeff Pilson, bass, keyboards, background vocals
Steve Brown, drums, background vocals

The End Machine
The End: machine’s sound developed through several songwriting sessions between Pilson and Lynch, but while The End: machine’s lineup may have fans making assumptions about the sound of the band, things took a different turn. "The real truth of it is that George and I have this great songwriting partnership that's been going on for 35 years, and we love to work together,” says bassist and album producer Jeff Pilson. "When we bring Mick into play, we're at home — we're so comfortable as a rhythm section and we work together so well. And Mick is just a tremendous asset to any band — let's face it. So the three of us together do have that chemistry, whether we're doing DOKKEN, or we did a T&N record a few years ago, or whether we're doing THE END MACHINE."

Pilson continued: "George and I wrote a bunch of this music, and then, when Robert Mason got involved, we realized, 'Wow! This is it’s own animal. This is incredible.' Robert's voice is just so super human; his writing is amazing. And so the three of us doing the writing really formed into something that I think people are gonna be surprised by. There are the DOKKEN elements there — no question — and there's a bit of LYNCH MOB in there too. But there's also something very musical about this record. We sort of let ourselves get very musical and kind of deep in spots, but in a very melodic, accessible way. The result is an album that stands independent from DOKKEN and it stands independent from LYNCH MOB, although there are definitely elements about that, and you're certainly not gonna mistake George's guitar playing.”

This album contains no booklet.