SAINTED SINNERS Unlocked & Reloaded CD (2020)

Frank Pané has spent decades in the engine room of European hard rock, and Sainted Sinners is where all of that experience stops apologising for itself.

Third album, reshuffled lineup, same commitment to the kind of hard rock that actually remembers why the genre was worth caring about. Bluesy enough to have soul, heavy enough to have teeth. Pané's guitar work has always been the gravitational centre here, and Unlocked & Reloaded is no exception, built on riffs that feel lived-in rather than calculated. Good honest rock music for people who've heard enough trend-chasing to last a lifetime.

CD, 2020 release. Hard rock.

Fans of: Dokken, Bonfire, Michael Schenker Group