Today, AOR/Melodic Rock quintet SUNSTORM are proud to unleash their latest album,'Restless Fight', available through Frontiers Music Srl. The album's lead single, "Shot In The Dark", comes complete with an electrifying visualizer that captures the band's melodic rock essence.
Guitarist Aldo Lonobile comments on the focus track:
“'Shot In The Dark' is one of Ozzy’s most iconic song, the riff, the chorus, everything is just perfect and it features one of my favourite guitar players: Mr. Jake E Lee! When Serafino proposed us to record our own cover version, we were very excited, it reflects the original version, hoping that fans will appreciate it”.
Ronnie Romero expresses his enthusiasm for the release, by saying:
“I really love the new album! I believe it keeps the SUNSTORM essence with an AOR base, but bringing a fresh more guitar oriented and a heavier sound. It was fantastic to work with Aldo for the first time and I believe the fans are going to like the album very much!”
Watch the Visualizer for "Shot In The Dark" Below
SUNSTORM is a project created, overseen, and directed by Serafino Perugino, President of Frontiers Records, and it was originally designed to showcase a musical style similar to singer Joe Lynn Turner’s Melodic Rock/AOR roots.
Since 2021, SUNSTORM features one of the most impressive vocal talents of recent years, Lords of Black and Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero. Romero’s debut album with SUNSTORM, 'Afterlife' was released in early 2021 and showcased a rejuvenation of SUNSTORM's previous musical formula, mixing Melodic Rock/AOR with more '70s oriented hard rock, ala Rainbow (for which Romero performed as singer).
Romero's voice and prolific musical activity have brought him to the forefront of the hard rock/metal scene where he can be seen/heard with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, The Michael Schenker Group, Lords of Black, The Ferrymen, and Elegant Weapons with Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner.
Ronnie Romero is also a prolific solo artist, with the release of his first two cover albums 'Raised On Radio' and 'Raised On Heavy Radio' – where he pays tribute to legendary artists from the metal world – and his latest work 'Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters', the first to feature all-new original material, released in September 2023.
With the new album 'Restless Fight', the third to feature Ronnie Romero, SUNSTORMchanged its skin. The new line-up that backs Romero, comes from a heavy background.
On guitars, Aldo Lonobile, musician, songwriter and producer (Geoff Tate's Sweet Oblivion, Archon Angel feat. Zak Stevens, Ring Of Fire feat. Mark Boals), Andrea Arcangeli (from the Italian progressive metal band DGM) on bass, Alfonso Mocerino (ex-Temperance, Virtual Simmetry) on drums and Antonio Agate (one of the most talented Italian keyboard players and arranger for symphonic orchestras, featured in countless albums) on keyboards. It brings back SUNSTORM’s classic AOR/Hard Rock formula with a strongest dose of energy, reaching a more dynamic and bombastic approach.
Since the inception of the new album’s production, the discussion has centered on the concept of keeping the roots of SUNSTORM’s musical style: the AOR sound of the early records that everyone wanted, but with special attention to the 80s way to arrange the guitars and keys in order to reach more powerful vibrations. The aim was to give a fresh appeal to the new music so that it could be the perfect foundation for Romero, who with his powerful vocal style, is the perfect fit to deliver the goods for the music.
The result is 'Restless Fight,' an album where Ronnie’s vocal acrobatics sit perfectly into Lonobile’s way to play guitars, clearly influenced by the 80’s guitar heroes such as Jake E. Lee/Steve Stevens, to name a few.
'Restless Fight' stands pretty tall in its own right and SUNSTORM is here to stay with a lot more to say!
SUNSTORM are:
Ronnie Romero – Vocals
Aldo Lonobile – Guitars
Andrea Arcangeli – Bass
Antonio Agate – Keys
Alfonso Mocerino - Drums
