{"id":102482,"date":"2024-02-23T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102482"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:05:38","slug":"album-review-ace-frehley-10000-volts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-ace-frehley-10000-volts\/","title":{"rendered":"ACE FREHLEY – 10,000 Volts (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACE FREHLEY
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\nMNRK Heavy (2024)<\/span>
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Ace Frehley is back with another bite \u2013 his eighth full-length studio solo album \u2013 although as expected it\u2019s not a vicious one. Instead, the former Kiss rocker, amidst cases of swipes at his old band mates, turns in a rather tepid performance that will still no doubt excite the Kiss collectors and obsessives.<\/p>\n

Shame on Ace for letting his fianc\u00e9e Lara Cove provide the title for the dreadful \u2018Constantly Cute\u2019, and secondly, Frehley just isn\u2019t a vocalist anymore. Even so, I\u2019ll pick out the handful of positives from the album, most of which were written by co-producer and former Trixter axeman Steve Brown. First up, \u2018Walkin\u2019 On The Moon\u2019 provides ample crunch and also a more confident vocal delivery, but Frehley\u2019s limited tone seem more suited to the power-pop grooves of \u2018Cherry Medicine\u2019 and \u2018Back Into My Arms Again\u2019, although as rays of sunshine they also seem to frazzle the cheesy layers constructed around them.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, there are a few decent rockers to speak of, namely \u2018Fightin’ For Life\u2019 and \u2018Up In The Sky\u2019, which is more guitar driven as Frehley spouts on about extraterrestrials. However, this is not the hard rockin\u2019 outing some may have hoped for. There is variation though with the bluesy moods on a cover rendition of Nadia\u2019s \u2018Life Of A Stranger\u2019, \u2018Cosmic Heart\u2019 with its airy arena feel and scorching solo, and \u2018Blinded\u2019 whereby Frehley bemoans society\u2019s reliance on technology.<\/p>\n

More bubblegum n\u2019 sunshine than metallic force, Ace Frehley\u2019s latest album exists as a whimper lost in the wind: frail of voice and low on wattage.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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