Joey, bass player and music fanatic
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Tight hard rock. Buy it!
Solid musicianship on all levels. These songs could easily be on the radio (only a very cool station). Band rocks live, too.
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Cameron
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A MUST BUY !!!!
Awesome debut !!! Listen to it end to end, very solid. Love to hear a band these days w/ an original sound. If you like the CD you'll, love em LIVE.
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WP
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Music for the soul!!!!!!!
Excellent music, lyrics, production. A must have for any fan of pure rock music.
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The Atomic Chaser, ALL ACCESS MAGAZINE
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ECHO OF SOULS / Echo Of Souls
Independent Release
Echo Of Souls is a Northern California, San Francisco
Bay Area based hard rock band. Formed in the spring of
2003 as Echo Of Souls, they pull from classic artists,
as well as contemporary influences; a strong front
vocal presence with harmonies and heavy guitar tones
that define each song. The band proves that ten fold
with the release of their powerful self-titled debut
release. Echo Of Souls are powered by, Ron Wright
Vocals/Guitar, Aaron Leigh Bass/Vocals, Brian Valadez
- Guitar, Alex Friedrich - Drums. If you like your
music served up thick & heavy this is for you. This
music comes at you with heavy toned down guitars. Deep
"feel it in your soul" grooves. Also great vocals and
vocal harmonies. I would say if you mixed up a lethal
combination of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath and
Soundgarden this is what you would end up with. This
is a band that could go for the long haul. Ron Wright
has a powerful voice that bleeds passion and is packed
with tons of attitude. His voice at times reminded me
of mixed between Chris Cornel and Layne Staley but all
in all he has his own voice. As far as the
musicianship goes, Brian Valadez guitar work is
stellar and packs one hell of a punch. While the
rhythm section of bassist Aaron Leigh and drummer Alex
Friedrich give the band it’s rock solid foundation.
The album as a whole shows the diversity that Echo Of
Souls have. They can be bluesy, classic rock and
heavy. By far one of the better hard rock bands to
come on the scene in quite some time. Showing their
originality with the influences of the best rock has
to offer. Every song on this release is either good or
great. Especially the band’s intense cover of the
Peter Gabriel classic, “Games Without Frontiers”. The
strongest songs on this album that will get your blood
pumping in no time flat are the go for the throat
rockers, “Choose Your Star”, “Drowning“, “Stone Soul“,
and “Cold“. Support this band. We need more of them
like this and less rapping and belching. Echo Of Souls
is a great band that is primed and ready for world
domination. - The Atomic Chaser
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Cameron (Fret Heaven)
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Killer - powerful - exceptional - this is the real thing!
Great CD. I ripped three tunes and put them on my internet station (Fret Heaven on Live 365.)
This is intelligent modern rock with solid roots in seventies metal - the song craft is tight with memorable riffs , intense vocals and an interesting approach to guitar.
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JC
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Great CD, What are You Waiting for, Buy it Now!
Simply stated, this well-crafted debut is well worth the miniscule price. From start to finish, it's an extremely polished production that will definitely get a lot of spins in your player. And when your friends ask, "who the hell is this?" Your answer will be, "Echo of Souls featuring some serious powerhouse chops, thank you very much." So stop reading already and click the "buy it" button!
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Aaron Leigh
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Just want to encourage you all to give a review...good or bad.
Thanks,
Aaron...BASS for ECHO OF SOULS.
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Anna
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F N Awesome!
What can you say about pure genious, raw talent, and a great vocal presence. Echo of Souls title in its self says it all.
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Troy from Oz
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Talented & Intelligent Rock like what it should be
Oh gotta love the Internet. G'day from Australia. After buying a copy of Guitar World which had a sample of the song Stone Soul on cover CD I was hooked on Echo of Souls.
Better then GREAT vocals, solid Riff hooks that can both floor and lift you in the same bar, great tone, and not forgetting the rhythm section. Bottom end grind and driving drums (Roy McIntyre what a drummer)
These guys write songs that are both hard hitting and intelligent, but Ron and the boys haven't forsaken the melody. Every song is worth a good hard listen, if this just a sample of the level of talent in this band I can’t wait to hear their next CD effort, better yet they get signed up soon. Buy it.
I’d like to add that CDBABY had my copy of this CD sent to me all the way on the other side of this earth in just 6 day after ordering it. Now that’s service. Well done everyone. Sorry I didn't write earlier, been listen to CD no stop ever since it got here.
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Taryn
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AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keeping it short - I LOVED IT. Great sound! Hard, pounding ROCK n' ROLL the way it should be!!!
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