Through the Storm

The music is really good, but without the right singer it would just be mediocre. Fortunately, Riot has THE right singer. Mike DiMeo has got an incredible voice. He doesn’t have a pretty voice. It’s more of a throaty, raspy, Gillen, Turner, Hughes, Martin, Shortino type of voice. The songs are perfectly suited to his style and he just knocks them out of the park. Normally, I prefer the guitars to have a more distorted sound with a deeper tone, but something about this lighter fuzzier guitar sound just seems to compliment Mike’s voice perfectly. The sounds just blend and the result is fantastic. It’s like an old school Rainbow sound but with better production and no annoying keyboards. Sort of like Badlands… Buy this! --Scott