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Release Date: Aug 27, 2021
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Babylon A.D.: Derek (vocals), Danny DeLaRosa (guitar, banjo), Ron Freschi (guitar, background vocals), Robb Reid (bass, background vocals), Jamey Pacheco (drums).
Additional personnel: C.J. Vanston (keyboards), Tom Werman (percussion), Jeff Scott Soto, Clyde Holly (background vocals).
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California and One On One, North Hollywood, California.
More hard-rock than heavy metal, L.A.'s Babylon A.D. get the commercial sound right on Nothing Sacred, despite the tacky cover artwork. More muscular and real than most of the pop-metal to hit the charts in recent years, one can only hope that groups like this will continue to supplant Poison-type dross. The live-wire guitars on uptempo material like "Sacrifice Your Love" and "Psychedelic Sex Reaction" owe a debt to Michael Schenker from his UFO days; lead vocalist Derek (just Derek to you) sings as if life itself depended on every note; the group delivers powerful, memorable ballads on "So Savage the Heart" (serious hit material) and "Down on the River of No Return" without resorting to power-ballad cliché; and integrates some cool banjo picking on the Aerosmith-like "Dream Train." ~ Roch Parisien
Additional personnel: C.J. Vanston (keyboards), Tom Werman (percussion), Jeff Scott Soto, Clyde Holly (background vocals).
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California and One On One, North Hollywood, California.
More hard-rock than heavy metal, L.A.'s Babylon A.D. get the commercial sound right on Nothing Sacred, despite the tacky cover artwork. More muscular and real than most of the pop-metal to hit the charts in recent years, one can only hope that groups like this will continue to supplant Poison-type dross. The live-wire guitars on uptempo material like "Sacrifice Your Love" and "Psychedelic Sex Reaction" owe a debt to Michael Schenker from his UFO days; lead vocalist Derek (just Derek to you) sings as if life itself depended on every note; the group delivers powerful, memorable ballads on "So Savage the Heart" (serious hit material) and "Down on the River of No Return" without resorting to power-ballad cliché; and integrates some cool banjo picking on the Aerosmith-like "Dream Train." ~ Roch Parisien