Anatomia BRA: Overdose III

  

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Overdose got crazy and released a Hard Rock album. A very peaceful album with songs. Or is it?....

"Nuclear Winter" might be the leftover from the darker era, but the rest of the album is very peaceful. "Age of Aquarius" (instrumental),  "Let Us Fly", " United We'll Be One" and "Fight for Our Dreams" are just singalong hits.

This album is very light, and it takes an awkward position, when Overdose had a hesitation, on whether they should go on, or at least try something else.

A Polish band, named Turbo, went through similar difficulties, they started as Hard Rock, and were trying to appeal to mainstream, but when it failed, they moved towards Speed Metal, then Thrash Metal, and then even Death Metal. Similar thing happened here, albeit I am foreshadowing.

It's a fantastic album, but it does look weird, when you look as to what happened later. I love this album for what it is, but yes, it's a Hard Rock album (if I didn't mention it already). If you can live with that, you will find plenty of great songs. The band would move rapidly into darker regions, therefore, let it live as the final try in this cruel world... 

LONG LIVE OVERDOSE 

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ADDENDUM / POST SCRIPTUM

I had an opportunity to chat with Mr. Claudio David himself, and he explained to me that during that era, both Fernando (bass) and Bozó (vocals) were going through a Hard Rock phase, while Mr. David was into Classical Music, which resulted in more Progressive approach to composing music. The result was a bridge between these influences, but without compromising the standards. It was also pointed out to me that the band never stopped playing songs from that era, which shows the integrity that Overdose has, and that each stage of their career was a natural (and logical) evolution.

Thank you Claudio David for providing a context!