Destiny Stone [Import]

Pride of Lions | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Frontiers Italy
• ASIN: B00064JT9S
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,532 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Courage to Love Somebody

2. Parallel Lines

3. Back to Camelot

4. Born to Believe in You

5. What Kind of Fool

6. Man Behind the Mask

7. Light from a Distant Shore

8. Letter to the Future

9. Destiny Stone

10. Second Hand Life

11. Falling Back to Then

12. Gift of Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The `eye of the tiger' is alive and well, January 24, 2005

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George Dionne (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destiny Stone (Audio CD)

The Good
The production on "The Courage to Love Somebody" is just phenomenal. Granted it could be mistaken for a long-lost Survivor track, but they just something about the guitar tone and the synthesizers that make it work. The vocals send a strong message of love with their powerful delivery. "Parallel Lines" to easily pass as the soundtrack to an emotionally charged movie climax with its driving rhythms and over-the-top chorus. Peterik's flair for the keyboard takes center stage on "Born to Believe in You". Toby and Jim pull off a great duel vocal melody on the chorus. What kind of fool relies a lot on the keyboard as well, but this time around it's for power ballad. There's a very 1980s-esque solo that goes along with it.

Pride of Lions seem to excel in the ballad department, which is evident on "Light from a Distant Shore". Little guitar licks here and there add depth to the song. "Letter to the Future" walks a fine line between melodic rock and an Andrew Lloyd Webber production. The song begins slow and understated, but finishes with all pistons firing. A catchy muted riff dominates "Falling Back to Then". On the verses the vocals seem a little darker and deeper, but that makes way for a high-registered melodic assault. I wanted to note that Pride of Lions don't skimp on material. There's no song shorter than four minutes, with most tracks clocking in between five and six minutes.

The Bad
It's not quite clear who's singing what.

The Verdict
The `eye of the tiger' is alive and well, now traveling with a Pride of Lions. The Destiny Stone truly is the best of 80s-era melodic rock with a modern twist. Each song is powerful and sure to bring out every emotion possible. The guitar tone and heavy use of keyboards is what will reel you in. A nice slice of what's missing in American rock today.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Odd Duo Worked Another Wonder!, January 16, 2005

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susumu-5 (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destiny Stone (Audio CD)

How can the duo made up by rock veteran Jim Peterik known as great songs by Survivor, 38 Special and a lot more and 25-year-old bud Toby Hitchcock work? It is truly unprecedented combination. Yep similar things are tried in Santana's SUPERNATURAL album when the rock legend Carlos Santana made great combination with Rob Thomas young talented rocker of Matchbox Twenty. With Pride of Lions debut two years ago and
this one just released, Jim Peterik competes fairly well with talented new singer Toby Hitchcock having strong vocal the rock world has been waiting for. Before Survivor Jim did sing during Ides of March and latter-day Chase. But after finding great singer Dave Vickler he was content with background role concentrating on songwriting. For most of Survivor and 80's rock fans Jim Peterik taking co-lead vocalist role is quite fresh somewhat like meeting a new singer. Not only uncovering his great talent as vocalist but his songwriting shown in this album is better than ever. All the track included are well-written and well-hooked. Among the great songs I would pick LIGHT FROM DISTANT SHORE, BORN TO BELIEVE IN YOU, and MAN BEHIND THE MASK as my top favorites.

Must-have album if you are a rock connoisseur.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Survivor-style melodic rock, February 26, 2011

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destiny Stone (Audio CD)

Released just a year after their self-titled debut, 2004's The Destiny Stone is the second album from Pride of Lions. While the album title and artwork suggests a power metal (or maybe pomp rock) style, Pride of Lions is actually an old school AOR/melodic rock group started by former Survivor guitarist Jim Peterik and vocalist Toby Hitchcock.

Given Peterik's involvement as guitarist, occasional vocalist and songwriter, it should come as no surprise that Pride of Lions sounds a lot like Survivor. There's also something of a vintage Styx aspect to some of the songs on this album. The Destiny Stone is full of soaring ballads, upbeat love songs and solid, mid-tempo melodic rockers. It's probably more on the lighter side than I'd prefer, but then again so were a lot of Survivor's albums. Peterik delivers some sweet guitar work though, and Hitchcock has a tremendous range and conveys a lot of emotion in his singing. The whole album is a well-executed, highly-polished AOR gem.

If you're a fan of the classic AOR sound Survivor helped define in the `80s, or just enjoy high quality melodic rock, you definitely will want to check out Pride of Lions. I'm partial to the band's debut album, but The Destiny Stone is another great showcase of what this band has to offer.