Listeria, the furious Hard Rock 'n' Rolling band from Italy is back after a silence of two years. A silence, i mean that i did the review of these guys' MCD back then entitled "Again". It was a five song, self produced product which i liked from the very forst time. I was hoping deep inside myself that Listeria needed (and deserved) the approaching of a major record label. Well, check it out...my hopes are fulfilled after the band signed a deal with Lion Music. Good choice from the side of the label because these Italians have a lot of potential in their might.

Title of the new one is "Full Of Fire" and hell yeah, they still keeps on going on like they always did before. Rough and wild, in-your-face, Classic Hard Rock / Power Metal at its best. The album's first song "Like Ali" is a shot through the heart and has an eighties / early nineties vibe. Hard as hell, full forced ahead with strong song structures. magnificent singer in the vein of John Bush (ex-Armored Saint / Anthrax) leads the band straight away to a higher, more energetic level than ever before. One thing is for sure, Listeria is taking us all by storm and delivers the world-wide Metal maniacs nothing but great works!

"Wolf Over" is another, great sounded song with strong riffs, hard hitting drums,...awesome! Alright, pedal to the metal with third song in line called "Swim In The Mud". Some other great songs are: "Little Star", "Rock Is My DJ", "Action", to name a few only. I swear from the bottom of my heart the entire album (10 songs) are played with an endless form of power, strength and courage. This is what i absolutely like in a band. A driven force resulted in songs coming straight from the heart. I've heard Listeria for the first time two years ago. They impressed me those days and their debut international release hits me in the face. They were good back then, well at the moment they're even better!

The Lion Music staff delivered a fantastic piece of Metal music. The CD just stopped playing but i'll turn it on once again with a volume reduced to the maximum. It feels good, it feels heavy, it's just a very good album that Rocks you outta control. More info at: www.listeriaband.com or www.lionmusic.com   MY POINTS: 90 / 100

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