Intuition [Special Deluxe Collector's Edition]

TNT: Tony Harnell (vocals); Ronni Le Tekro (guitar); Morty Black (synthesizer, bass); Kenneth Odin (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Dag Stokke (keyboards); Joe Lynn Turner (background vocals).
Recorded at NBL Studios, Trondheim, Norway.
TNT is, in essence, a pop-metal group. That said, the band mops up the floor with most of their clueless contemporaries; with hyper-refined Euro-metal precision, TNT punctuates their tunes with loads of instrumental details, arrangement twists and turns, and a well-developed sense of melody. On Intuition, TNT delivers tightly wound pop-metal and grandiose power balladry, all of which is filtered through a decidedly European sense of sweeping romance and bombast. It all undoubtedly sounds dated and a bit soulless, but this is a strong effort from the band, nonetheless. Check out "Caught Between the Tigers" for a characteristically killer guitar riff from guitarist Ronnie Le Tekro. ~ Andy Hinds