Irish rock's new breed prove their mettle
"An eight-legged gift from classic rock heaven, Glyder emerged fully-formed with their superb debut album a couple of years ago. Darker, heavier and more diverse than its predecessor,
the follow-up is an album of great songs, great performances and, most importantly, great spirit. While still channelling Thin Lizzy's melodic soul, Glyder have branched out into new territory
here, evoking the punk bite of The Only Ones and The Ruts on 'Puppet Queen' and 'Over And Over' respectively and revelling in epic, Floyd-ian languor on 'The Merrygoround', a beautifully bitter
and graceful diatribe against religious hypocrisy. Elsewhere, the Irishmen confirm their mastery of soulful, hook-stuffed hard rock, most notably on blazing opener 'Gamblers Blues', the shuffling
menace of 'Sweets' and, best of all, the sizzling dynamics of the title track. Throw in an excellent bonus DVD and this is simply irresistible" DOM LAWSON - METAL HAMMER 8/10
“With a solid twin guitar attack ripping out the harmonies with aplomb and more swagger than Clint Eastwood, Walking My Own Ground” and “For Your Skin” have the same stadium gallop and romantic nuances that Lizzy exuded with glorious result”. – Classic Rock Magazine
"Theres a reason they call it classic rock and the riffs of opener "Gamblers Blues" and the eerie atmospherics of the title track are just two examples of how songwriting will always outlive trends" -Rock Sound Magazine
“The quality of the songwriting really does separate Glyder from the vast majority of up and coming acts that would be viewed as their peers, which augers extremely well for their future” – HARDROCKHOUSE.COM
”Glyder are one of the best kept secrets of the European rock scene. Seek their CDs out... you really won't regret it” – Jason Ritchie Blogs Critics
“Songs like "Gamblers Blues," "Sweets," "Puppet Queen," and "Walkin' My Own Ground" are filled with THIN LIZZY-esque melody lines, upbeat riffs, and absolutely killer lead guitar playing”. –The Metal Observer Canada.
“Take a huge slab of hard rock with heaps of melody, a notable bluesy element and even subtle shades of punk and 90’s rock and you get Glyder” – Metalteamuk.net
"A real tasty item, brimful of hooky melodies and a fine arrangement...the
Playing is full of energy and stays focused and on target" - Hot Press Magazine
Interview in Burnn magazine Japan
"Smothered in sublime guitar harmonies and delivered with grit and precision...... Rock & Roll songs laden with duelling guitars and wistful street poetry" KKKK
KERRANG
"Its time for the world to take notice of high-flying bands such as this one" CLASSIC
ROCK MAGAZINE
"Based on the quality of this release, there is simply no limit to just how big this band can be. GLYDER are the band who have finally filled the gap between the trendy rock and rollers of the 21st century and the legendary classic rock of the 70s" James
Allman Baconmusic.co.uk
"they have the songwriting Chops to catch attention...pur-hearted, organic, harmonious song writing talent" -
Greg Porter Devolution magazine
"definately a band to watch out for" - Pete Makowski Classic Rock Magazine
"Glyder kick things off with 40 minutes of sublime Lizzy meets Maiden bombast. Their debt to their
heroes is undeniable - in fact, the band learnt their trade playing covers - but through sheer force
of personality, not to mention fistfuls of towering riffs and melodies, these passionate longhairs eran an ecstatic reception,
Somewhere in the ether Phil Lynott is smiling his approval. " KKKKK Dom Lawson
- Kerrang
"Its time for the world to take notice of high flying band such as this one" -
Classic Rock Magazine
"Glyder know how to pen Killer party Riffs" - Rock Sound magazine
"You like hard rock youll love Glyder and with fair wind you'll be hearing more of them in short order" -
Unpeeled Magazine
"If you enjoy rock you'll enjoy this" - Sights and sounds magazine
"watching them I get a buzz the same as i did watching my Philip" - Sunday
World (Irish national paper) Philomena Lynott
"Glyder are no bodys clones. There is plenty of talent and determination on this album to
quash the doubters. ....the track "You wont bring me down", I cant find a single reason why US radio wouldnt jump all over this " -Randy
Blake - Vault Magazine USA
"Nicely worked classic rock all the way" Terrorizer magazine
"Their debut delivers great big slabs of rock rifferama, deliciously out of fashion! " Hot
Press Magazine
Exploring this album is an absolute delight; its so meaty, deep and diverse. One is pulled into it listen, after listen after listen. - Melodic Rock magazine
"Glyder are a band of 70's proportiona. No hair metal, no scissors kicks or catsuits, just serious riffy rawk" -
Sunday Tribune
"I can now add Glyder to my list of current Favourites. Its in the tradition of classic rock that I truly love" -
Fireworks Magazine
"Overall I thought this was an excellent album" - Graeme Mc Millan - Watts On
"The bands self titled debut is a cracker...this album just gets better each listen, Great tunes, good songwriting and some
excellent guitar riffs " Mayfairmall Zine
"amped up rock n' roll great stuff for a road trip on a summers day" rock-city.co.uk
"for anyone seeking high quality modern hard rock, this deserves your attention" Rick
Mayle - Zero Tolerance magazine
"Glyder put the class back in Classic rock" - All access Magazine USA.
"their debut album pisses over every self-aware album in my collection. Sticking two huge stained fingers up at post-modern notions of kitsch, the Irish foursome plough through ten tracks of proper, proper rock with aplomb" subba-cultcha.com
"Glyder definitely claim their place in rock with this extraordinary debut" HARD
ROCK HAVEN
"Glyder's debut album is the most powerful, melodic, diverse rock album I've
heard for years" - Dave Anderson - Hawkwind
"Love the vibe these guys are throwing out.... A bit of Lizzy, a bit of blues
and some killer rock/hard rock!" - Jeff Waters - Annihilator
"Stand out tracks include Colour of Money, Die or Dance and You Won't Bring Me
Down. Ah hell....the whole album rocks!!" - Roddy Cleere WLR Fm
"This band ooze class and musical ability, for a band together less than a year
they play a remarkably tight set, great stuff!" - Jason
Ritchie - www.getreadytorock.com
"Excellent stuff" - "Good Classy honest Hard Rock" - Jerry
Ewing - Classic Rock Magazine / Metal Hammer - www.TotalRock.com
