Black Ice - AC/DC revival! (Black Ice - AC/DC)

Member Name: Scotty9

Product:	Black Ice - AC/DC
Date:	19/07/09 (4 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Heart thumping guitar lines, brilliant new tracks

Disadvantages: None if you like AC/DC!

AC/DC's latest release - Black Ice is certainly one of their better albums of recent times. It features 15 hard rocking, head banging, classic sounding AC/DC tracks.

The first track on the Album, Rock n Roll Train opens with an extremely powerful guitar riff that then breaks into a brilliant mix of hard hitting drums and guitar. This song, whilst not the title track has probably become the most famous of the new album and was used as the opening song for the Black Ice World Tour which I was lucky enough to see at Hampden Stadium, Glasgow.

The highlights of this album for me are Rock n Roll Train, Big Jack, Anything Goes, Wheels and Black Ice. All feature Angus Young as good as ever ripping out guitar solos and Brian Johnson's voice is still fantastic. The difference with this album over previous ones is AC/DC have gone back to their hard rock routes and really delivered fans with an all out great package.

As there is no section for reviewing a live performance I'm going to add this in here. I was priviledged to see part of the Black Ice world tour as I mentioned earlier and whilst Brian Johnson is over 60 and Angus Young is dam near there, these guys have still got it! They were rocking as hard as they ever have. The best songs of the night were Shook Me All Night Long and Thunderstruck but that's just my personal taste. They performed a repitoire ranging from classics like Back In Black and Highway to Hell to newer offerings such as Anything Goes. The crowd loved it! The stage set was amazing too, pyros, props, you name it!

All in all I think Black Ice sparked a massive revival of AC/DC bringing them again into the headlines of the music world and making themselves known to a younger generation rather than just the old time fans.

Summary: A great new album that simply relights AC/DC's fire!