Atlantis [Import]

I almost never give an album a 1-star rating, largely because I have pretty good luck picking albums that suit my tastes. It hurts even more to give such a low rating to a band I used to love, but honestly that's all TNT deserves for their 2008 album Atlantis.

Atlantis is the band's second album with Tony Mills (ex-Shy) on vocals, but the album's flaws aren't (entirely) the fault of Mills, who I think is a more than adequate replacement for Tony Harnell. The problem with Atlantis is that it doesn't sound remotely like a TNT album. The band's reputation is based on a series of well-written, hard-hitting melodic rock albums, and Atlantis is simply not in that category. I really don't know how to describe this album. It doesn't rock...I mean, at all. It's sort of poppy, sort of trippy, and is full of just plain weird vocal harmonies. You barely hear Ronnie Le Tekro's guitar at all, and when you do it's not delivering hooks or melodies. I think TNT was trying to make an album that sounded like Queen and Cheap Trick, but they failed miserably.

I wasn't expecting another Tell No Tales or My Religion, but I was hoping for something recognizable as TNT. Whatever this is, it isn't TNT. They really should have come up with a different band name if they were going to abandon the classic TNT sound so completely. TNT fans are much better off skipping this album and checking out what Tony Harnell is up to in Starbreaker. That band's latest album (Love's Dying Wish) should be enough to erase Atlantis from your mind.

don't let the other reviews discourage you. their new songs are very catchy. there are some heavy tunes on here as well. give these guys a chance w/ the new singer.

"Atlantis" es el segundo álbum de esta gran banda Noruega incluyendo a Tony Mills en la voz, dando un salto mayor en el estilo al que se dió en "The New Territory" del 2007, incluyen arreglos con un sonido de exploración en la música de los 70's, sin duda un cambio que no será del agrado de los fans más metaleros y sobretodo incondicionales del gran Tony Harnell, pero siempre con esa calidad que les caracteriza y el sonido único de la guitarra del gran Ronni Le Tekro, donde se nota más esa experimentación que este hombre hace también con sus trabajos en solitario.

Un trabajo que requiere escucharse con detenimiento, aunque es cierto, lejos de los mejores momentos de su discografía, pero que los seguidores incondicionales podrán encontrar sus temas favoritos seguramente en "Hello Hello", "Love of my Life", "Tango Girl", "Peter Seller's Blues", etc.

¡ A esperar tiempos mejores!