Fuel-Angels and Devils

A few months after the 2003 release of their third album Natural Selection ,Fuel parted ways with lead vocalist Brett Scallions,which turned out to be bit of a fortuitous timing because at that time Fuel where without a singer and they received a huge publicity boost in early 2006 when Chris Daughtry resident rocker of the fifth season of American Idol,plugged them relentlessly,singing their songs and citing them as an influence.The drummer Kevin Miller had left in 2004.Guitarist and songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie decided to pursue Daughtry publicly,only to have the newly ascendant star turn the down.Undaunted,the pair hired Toryn Green as their new singer and they also appointed Tommy Stewart as their drummer.

In spite of the amazing amount of pressure Fuel delivered to the world an awesome new album.The opener "Gone" goes to the top of Fuel's kick-ass rock numbers."I Should Have Told You","Halos of the Sun" and "Angels Take a Soul" are three songs that in terms of music and quality could go in any Fuel album in the past ten years and fit in just in just as well then,as they do here.The major album highlight comes in the form of "Leave the Memories Alone".It's probably the best song by the new singer Toryn Green.

As a Fuel fan,i really didn't think it was possible for Brett Scallions to be replaced but talking about Toryn Green,he's done an amazing job.Green is damn near perfect.The arrival of Green into the band is one of t he significant things that has happened in the history of Fuel.Carl Bell also does a wonderful job on this album."Angels and Devils" is perhaps the band's best release till date.It's similar to when the band first really came on with "Sunburn".The band was around for a few years before that album but that was their birth into mainstream rock.After a few ups and downs,"Angels and Devils"signifies the rebirth of Fuel.

Band:Fuel
Album:Angels and Devils
Year:2007
Genre:Rock,Alternative rock
Rating:7.4/10