{"id":838,"date":"2011-03-18T13:26:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T13:26:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-03-18T13:26:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T13:26:36","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Zero Illusions: Oblivion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zero Illusions Productions\/Sound Pollution<\/p>\n<p>2004 markerade starten f\u00f6r ZERO ILLUSIONS. De har hunnit med att spela p\u00e5 b\u00e5de Metal Town och Sweden Rock, gett ut \u201dPrologue to Eternity\u201d och \u201dEnter Eternity\u201d och nu sl\u00e4pper de skiva nummer tre. Sweden Rock Magazine kallade dem en modern variant av URIAH HEEP, andra j\u00e4mf\u00f6relser har gjorts med DREAM THEATER, BLACK SABBATH, VOLBEAT, RAMMSTEIN, METALLLICA m.fl. \u00c4r det ens m\u00f6jligt att ha ett s\u00e5 spritt sound?<\/p>\n<p>De inleder ganska ordin\u00e4rt med \u201dAlive\u201d. S\u00e5ngaren Bj\u00f6rn Asking har en hyfsad pipa och \u00e4gnar sig \u00e5t att sjunga utan krusiduller.  Raka riff och l\u00e4tt dubbeltramp g\u00f6r att l\u00e5ten passar p\u00e5 scen. \u201dRise to the Challenge\u201d f\u00e5r lite distad r\u00f6st, i \u00f6vrigt \u00e4r det samma formula med driv i alla enkelhet. Basisten Tomas Reinersson l\u00e4gger den r\u00e4tta tyngden i \u201dWho Are You\u201d, en l\u00e5t med mycket METALLICA i blandningen. Jag f\u00e5r ett eko av MENTAL HIPPIE BLOOD ocks\u00e5, kan det vara s\u00e5. Det ekar sk\u00f6nt av BLITZKRIEGS thrashigare \u00f6gonblick i \u201dHonesty\u201d. Det f\u00f6ljs av ett lugnare parti av det slag som BLACK SABBATH beh\u00e4rskade till fullo f\u00f6rr.  Var ekot av URIAH HEEP l\u00e5ter sig hittas funderar jag p\u00e5, kanske kan det vara plattans h\u00f6jdpunkt \u201dSon of the Devil\u201d? Ljudet k\u00e4nns \u00e4rligt, och fattas bara annat n\u00e4r Andy LaRocque har rattat. Titell\u00e5ten \u00e4r en mycket representativ historia f\u00f6r bandet. Tyngd fr\u00e5n METALLICA, inspirerat basspel, liveanpassning och rakt p\u00e5. \u201dGet Out\u201d f\u00f6rs\u00e4mrar inte bandets chanser p\u00e5 scen, mysgung i lite lugnare tempo, utan att tappa tyngd. ZERO ILLUSIONS k\u00e4nns inte s\u00e4rskilt svenska, och inte kan jag h\u00f6ra alla de olika trendiga band som de p\u00e5st\u00e5s likna. Men de \u00e4r en trevlig bekantskap som jag \u00f6nskar lycka till. <\/p>\n<p>Track List<br \/>\nAlive<br \/>\nRise to the Challenge<br \/>\nWho Are You<br \/>\nHonesty<br \/>\nSon of the Devil<br \/>\nOblivion<br \/>\nCall of Duty<br \/>\nFollow the Sign<br \/>\nGet Out<br \/>\nCarpe Diem<br \/>\nEnemy Within<\/p>\n<p>www.zeroillusions.com www.myspace.com\/zeroillusions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero Illusions Productions\/Sound Pollution 2004 markerade starten f\u00f6r ZERO ILLUSIONS. De har hunnit med att spela p\u00e5 b\u00e5de Metal Town och Sweden Rock, gett ut \u201dPrologue to Eternity\u201d och \u201dEnter Eternity\u201d och nu sl\u00e4pper de skiva nummer tre. Sweden Rock Magazine kallade dem en modern variant av URIAH HEEP, andra j\u00e4mf\u00f6relser har gjorts med DREAM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cd_reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}