Mystery Bloom : Lifetime In The Heart

11 songs / 47 minutes

Lion Music / 2002

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Mystery Bloom is another new band that has signed at the label of Lars Eric Mattsson.In America this album was released by Chavic Records a couple of months ago so I already listened to this album several times.This album was already recorded in 1996, but due to several circumstances it hasn’t been released until now.Mystery Bloom is a melodic rock band with a very American sound and a very diverse range of influences.Some songs remind me of Tyketto others have a more funky sound and remind me of Extreme and there are also some songs with an obvious Beatles resemblance.This album also includes a Beatles cover, namely “Paperback Writer”.My personal favorite is the title song which is a song Tyketto would have been proud of.Other highlights are “Adore” (a modern day Beatles song), “Soulmate Serenade (one of the pure melodic rock songs that reminds me of Baton Rouge and Firehouse on their last couple of albums) and “Face The World” which is a very catchy melodic rocksong. This is a good debut album and real collectors of the melodic rock genre can purchase this album without hesitation.But I think that we can expect far better things from this band in the future.

Rating : 8/10

Review by Ronny Elst (July 2002)