Rock Company is proud to introduce Starscream, a young and coming Dutch hard rock band with one foot in the rocking Eighties and one in today. You can expect melodic songs, energetic grooves, powerful vocals (Ray Gillen anyone?) as well as flaming guitar solos from this trio.
All in the vein of Helloween, Van Halen or DIO. With a dash of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath for good measure. This debut EP consists of 6 explosive tracks that will leave you wanting more.
So put on those teared jeans, wear your favourite band shirt, let it all go and ROCK!!
STARSCREAM is a Eindhoven based new band releasing their debut work “Shatter The Sky“. The Dutch group is formed by young musicians but before you listen to any bit of their songs and simply looking at the album artwork you know these guys are absolutely influenced by the ’80s.
Indeed, “Shatter The Sky” consists of rocking songs, melodic, plenty of hard rock groove, timeless riffs and a powerful vocalist which reminds of the late Ray Gillen. There’s an Eighties and also a Seventies atmosphere in the way STARSCREAM composed, arranged and recorded / produced this album.
Opener, and also title track ‘Shatter The Sky’ is the shortest on this release at less than four minutes. The song immediately sets the tone. Fiery hard rock that seems to seep through the influences of DIO, Rainbow and Led Zeppelin, among others. It is immediately noticeable that Tim Van Den Eijnden knows how the vocals should sound in this genre.
The dragging ‘Xenophobia’ shows that as well, which even contains a very small hint to Metallica in terms of vocals, despite musically is classic hard. ‘Hold Your Tongue’ is another good example of the catchy hard rock, musically speaking, that Starscream stands for. Somehow it is reminiscent of Vengeance. The glorious feel of ’80s hard rock triumphs here with flying colours.
While “Shatter The Sky” is in fact an EP, the six tracks packed here are enough to reveal a young bunch of musicians with enormous potential. A showcase that Starscream can rock hard, with style, and another proof that classic hard rock / metal from the ’70s and ’80s is still alive in the heart of young musicians.
Highly Recommended
1.Shatter The Sky
2.The Fury
3.Time
4.Xenophobia 04:12 video
5.Hold Your Tongue
6.Lockdown
Starscream – Shatter the Sky 2023 EP
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