Dangerdog Music Reviews :: © 1999 - 2025 Craig S Hartranft :: All Rights Reserved
No part of this this website, including design and music reviews,
may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
the prior written permission of the publisher.
CELEBRATING 18 YEARS!
- New Music Reviews
- |
- Archives
- |
- News
- |
- Submissions
- |
- About
- |
- |
New Music Reviews, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, AOR, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Recent Reviews
May 2025
- The Flower Kings: Love
- Maestrick : Espresso Della Vita: Lunare
March 2025
- W.E.T.: Apex
- Alliance: Before Our Eyes
- Ginevra: Beyond Tomorrow
- Phil X & The Drills:
Pow! Right In The Kisser - IQ: Dominion
- Heart Line: Falling Heaven
- Gotthard: Stereo Crush
- Defender: Dying To Live
- Streetlight: Night Vision
February 2025
- Robin McAuley: Soulbound
- Perfect Plan: Heart Of A Lion
- Craig Brooks: Desolation Freeway
- Mantric Momentum: Alienized
- Pattern-Seeking Animals: Friend Of All Creatures
- Crazy Lixx: Thrill Of The Bite
- Ginger Evil: The Way It Burns
- Dream Theater: Parasomnia
- Tyran: Tyran's Oath
- Saber: Lost In Flames
January 2025
- Wildness: Avenger
- The Ferrymen: Iron Will
- Labyrinth: In The Vanishing Echoes Of Goodbye
- Bonfire: Higher Ground
- The Big Deal: Electrified
- Landfall: Wide Open Sky
December 2024
- After Lapse: Pathways
- Illusion Force: Halfana
- Powell-Payne: Voilá
November 2024
- Sunstorm: Restless Fight
- Storace: Crossfire
- Voodoo Circle: Hail To The King
- Lionville: Supernatural
- Starchaser: Into The Great Unkown
- Empires Of Eden: Guardians Of Time
- Lonerider: Down In The Dust
- Seventh Crystal: Entity
- Neal Morse & The Resonance: No Hill For A Climber
- Beardfish: Songs For Beating Hearts
- Impellitteri: War Machine
- Brothers Of Metal: Fimbulvinter
Fragile Things: Broken Sun EP
Fragile Things: Broken Sun EP
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
4.0/5.0
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Unsigned / Self-released
Words: Craig Hartranft
Added: 01.02.2017
Standing in the long tradition of British hard rock bands is upstart Fragile Things with their debut EP, Broken Sun. Now, having said that, I think Fragile Things sounds more like an American band. They cite Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver as influences, and then looking more recently to American band, the female fronted Dead Sara. I can hear it.
Fragile Things
Essentially, Fragile Things plays hard and heavy rock or, possibly better, heavy metal with a hard rock groove. Their sound is both assertive and intense thanks to lashing brisk riffage and a pummeling rhythm section. It's no wonder that vocalist Richie Hevanz often sounds buried in the mix (or getting his ass kicked, depending on your perspective). Mark Hanlon on guitar delivers riffage with fury, but then brings inspired and fiery Slash-like solos. Moreover, all this thunder and lightning is wrapped up in guitar and vocal harmony, an abundance of melody, and crafty hooks in both arrangements and lyrics. In other words, Broken Sun plays like heavy metal rock injected with the sweetness of AOR sensibility. In this light, Open Cage and Broken Sun are the stand out songs here.
Otherwise, Broken Sun is a fine first effort from Fragile Things, packed with blistering heavy rockers. We just need more in the future. Recommended.
Fragile Things - So Cold
Note: All Amazon advertising in this review first benefits the artist, then Craig Hartranft also receives a residual. Click, and thanks for your support.
The Bottom Line
Broken Sun is a fine first effort from Fragile Things, packed with blistering heavy rockers. We just need more in the future. Recommended.
Find A Review
Alphabetical Index
New & Notable
Here's a fun fact about Swiss legends, Gotthard: their last 16 releases, excepting their debut album, went to number one in their home country, making them one of Switzerland's most successful acts and ... [ Read More ]