House Of Lords “Saint Of The Lost Souls” album review – out March 24th
FollowHouse Of Lords present us with their tenth studio album “Saint Of The Lost Souls”, the follow up to the highly successful “Indestructible”. Recorded and mixed by the bands singer, James Christian, “Saint Of The Lost Souls” is a collection of up-tempo and mid-tempo rockers mixed with power ballads. This is probably one of the most highly anticipated melodic rock albums out this year, but is it worth your hard earned money?
My favourites here include the tracks “Concussion”, which has a great rhythm combined with a catchy chorus which I’m fairly sure will make it onto their live set. The titular track, “Saint Of The Lost Souls” is a powerful piece of melodic hard rock with some of my favourite riffs on this album and showcases some very good drumming by BJ Zampa. “Grains Of Sand” also sees some crunching riffs by Jimi Bell and is the heaviest song on this album.
“The Sun Will Never Set Again” is the standout ballad here, and sees James 
Christian on top form vocally. The album opens with “Harlequin” (the video for which is further down), has a slow build up followed by some great riffs by Jimi Bell, a good rhythm povided by Chris Tristram on bass and BJ Zamba on drums, with James Christian laying down some pretty smooth vocals.
I also enjoyed “”Hit The Wall” and “Reign Of Fire”.
My overall thoughts on “Saint Of The Lost Soul” is that this is one of the strongest albums I’ve heard so far this year. It feels like there’s a slight more of a lean towards the keys than on some previous albums, but House Of Lords retain their trademark sound and there wasn’t a weak track here. I’ve mentioned the highlights, but I enjoyed the whole album. I highly recommend it.
“Saint Of The Lost Soul” is out March 24th 2017 through Frontiers Records, and the band are planning to tour in the spring. If you still need convincing, check out the video for “Harlequin” below, where you can read more about the band.
House of Lords debuted in 1989 with the release of their self-titled album, a record which is still regarded as one of the best arena rock releases of the 80’s. The colossal sound, the soaring vocals of James Christian and instrumental capabilities of the band (which featured ex-Angel and Giuffria keyboardist, Gregg Giuffria, along with luminaries Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright and Ken Mary), were reminiscent of such frontrunners as Whitesnake, Deep Purple and Van Halen and immediately brought the band to the attention of the music media and fans.
With their sophomore release, “Sahara”, House of Lords had considerable radio and video chart success with their cover of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”. After a tour with Nelson in 1991, the group disbanded, eventually coming back together with a new lineup (featuring original members Giuffria and Christian) in 1992 with “Demon’s Down”. With the change in musical climate at the time, House of Lords went into hibernation until the original lineup came back together in 2000, releasing the controversial “Power and the Myth”, an album which featured a sound leaning more towards progressive hard rock with 70’s rock influences. After a short European tour, singer James Christian decided to go back to the trademark arena rock sound of House Of Lords, putting together a new line-up with the blessing of founding member Gregg Giuffria, who opted out right before the release of “Power and the Myth”. New members Jimi Bell on guitars and B.J. Zampa on drums supplied a true powerhouse sound to the fifth studio album, “World Upside Down”, a record which caused a real stir in the hard rock and melodic rock scenes. That album was followed up by the equally impressive “Come to My Kingdom” in 2008, “Cartesian Dreams” in 2009, “Big Money” in 2011, and “Precious Metal” in 2014.
House of Lords
James Christian – Lead Vocals
Jimi Bell – Guitars
Chris Tristram – Bass
BJ Zampa – Drums