Keel’s new album is finally here! I was eagerly waiting for this release since Keel is one of the bands I admire the most. A band with a hard attitude and a unique way to combine hard rock and heavy metal. Apart from that, they are all huge musicians!

The new, reunion album by Keel, “Streets of Rock ‘N Roll” comes to certify all of the above, but mainly it comes to blow our minds to smithereens. A true dynamite that shows the way to a lot of older and younger bands when it comes to to the definition of old school American hard ‘n heavy. The band simply, still has it in them and they come back with an album that will create a vibe.

The only “flaw” of this album is that it starts the… wrong way. Instead of picking a really hard track for the opening, that comes with a mid-tempo, loose cut that gives a misleading first impression that looks lack of dynamics. A very nice tune indeed, but we would rather have it at the end instead of the beginning. This impression changes rapidly with the intro of the second song “Hit The Ground Running” which takes you back to the mid 80s and their “The Right To Rock” album. A huge tune with clean cut riffs, strong vocal lines and a chorus to remember! Ride on with “Come Hell Or High Water”, even stronger with huge riffs pushing you to unstoppable headbanging! It’s right here that you realize that you’re in the middle of am old school masterpiece. Right after, there is the one and only ballad of the album, the very nice “Does Anybody Believe” with lyrics that stand out. “No More Lonely Nights” follows on at the same high level, a tad bit more “commercial” to the touch and easy to hum along. Move on with a very good “The Devil May Care (But I don’t)” and a “happy” “Looking For A Good Time”, a dirty “Gimme That”, a heavy “Hold Steady” and finally “Brothers in Blood”.

Massive riffs, fantastic double-solos by Marc Ferrari and Bryan Jay, astonishing choruses, an admirable performance by Ron Keel , while there are two special guests at the backing vocals, Jaime St. jaims (Black 'n' Blue) and the great Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot) who has also done the producing for Ron Keel’s vocals.

Keel materialize a true come back with a killer album! For all that love classic, American, 80s hard ‘n heavy, this is a must buy!!! Give yourselves the right to ROCK!