Voodoo Circle

From page 74 of Classic Rock Magazine June 2011



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Broken Heart Syndrome

AFM

An affectionate, effective parody... or is it?.

With a cry of ‘ baby, baby, baby ’ and lyrics that beseech: ‘ Don’t break my heart again ’, just about the only trick missed by No Solution Blues , this album’s marauding opener, is a Coverdale-inspired bark of: ‘Ow, oww, owww!’ Teaming guitarist Alex Beyrodt with the vocals of David Readman, Broken Heart Syndrome is Voodoo Circle’s second album. As you’ll have gathered it’s something of a retro-fest, romping through territory previously conquered by Rainbow, Deep Purple, Dio and especially Whitesnake. At moments like Devil’s Daughter , which dares to begin with the line: ‘ Ever since I was a drifter ’, things verge close to the comedic, though what Voodoo Circle lack in originality they certainly make up for in the energy stakes, and there are some excellent songs here, including a distant cousin of Knocking At Your Back Door that’s been cunningly re-titled as King Of Your Dreams .

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Dave Ling

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