SHAZAM

This sixth full-length album from the Italian gothic metallers is the follow-up to 2009's Shallow Life. Like that album, it was produced once again by American Don Gilmore (Bullet for My Valentine, Linkin Park), but this release could not be more different. Shallow Life saw the band adopting what many saw as a softer, pop-oriented approach that was more rock than metal. Dark Adrenaline is a dramatic reversal that brings back the heaviness in spades, but never loses sight of the catchy melodies that have made the band so popular. Contains the digital single "Trip the Darkness" and a surprising cover of the R.E.M. classic "Losing My Religion". ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi