BURN THE SUN

This is a much superior offering to their self-titled debut album. For a start it is much more assured and cohesive, the songs are better structured and grab you quite firmly from the opener, keeping you hooked until the end. It also delivers on the potential hinted at by that first album.

I particularly like "Heal The Waters", the title track "Burn The Sun", "Absolute Zero", "Feed The Fire" and "Missing You". The remainder are good to but maybe not so distinct. The vocals are overall still very David Coverdale and at times Dio but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It just throws you a little at times.

Still not essential listening but being a big improvement on the first elevates this to a 4 star rating.