Like a specter of '80s rock & roll coming back to haunt you, Swiss veterans Gotthard keep teasing their hair, waxing their leather chaps, and pumping out glossy, commercial heavy rock as though the '90s and grunge never even happened. To each his own, though, and 2007's refreshingly unapologetic Domino Effect (the group's ninth studio platter) taps into the familiar qualities of the Euro-metal circa 1988 (not quite as fluffy as the American glam set, nor as high energy or hysterical as fast-rising power metal), when dinosaurs like the Scorpions, Sinner, and Krokus (whose bassist actually produced Gotthard's early efforts) roamed the landscape unchallenged.
01 Master of illusion 02 Gone too far 03 Domino effect 04 Falling 05 The call 06 The Oscar goes to... 07 The cruiser (Judgement day) 08 Heal me 09 Letter to a friend 10 Tomorrow's just begun 11 Come alive 12 Bad to the bone
13 Now 14 Were is love when it's gone 15 Can't be the real thing (Bonus track)