Vice Business Only
V.B.O.
V.B.O.’s Vice Business Only is a nine-track hard-rock album that blends retro-futurist synthwave, pop-metal hooks, and the theatrical scale of 1980s arena rock. Released by Reigning Phoenix Music on July 24, 2026, it is the project of Italian musicians Francesco Cavalieri—also known as the vocalist of Wind Rose—and electronic producer Simone Giusti. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD-Studios in Lübeck, Germany, the record favors glossy keyboards, driving rock rhythms, dramatic vocals, and cinematic melodies over a rough or stripped-back sound.
The album begins with the operatic “VBO x Vesti la Giubba” before shifting into hook-heavy songs including “Bring on the Fire,” “Waiting for the Dawn,” “Lovers on the Run,” “Surrendered,” “Fire Fire,” “Shadow of Your Kiss,” and “Monsters!” Its music evokes neon-lit action films, nightlife, romance, and melodrama, pairing catchy choruses with a polished sense of spectacle. The closing cover of Duran Duran’s “The Wild Boys” reinforces the record’s clear 1980s reference point while translating that influence into V.B.O.’s synth-and-metal hybrid. Overall, Vice Business Only is an exuberant, high-production album for listeners drawn to melodic hard rock with electronic textures and unapologetically nostalgic pop instincts.
Vice Business Only
V.B.O.
V.B.O.’s Vice Business Only is a nine-track hard-rock album that blends retro-futurist synthwave, pop-metal hooks, and the theatrical scale of 1980s arena rock. Released by Reigning Phoenix Music on July 24, 2026, it is the project of Italian musicians Francesco Cavalieri—also known as the vocalist of Wind Rose—and electronic producer Simone Giusti. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD-Studios in Lübeck, Germany, the record favors glossy keyboards, driving rock rhythms, dramatic vocals, and cinematic melodies over a rough or stripped-back sound.
The album begins with the operatic “VBO x Vesti la Giubba” before shifting into hook-heavy songs including “Bring on the Fire,” “Waiting for the Dawn,” “Lovers on the Run,” “Surrendered,” “Fire Fire,” “Shadow of Your Kiss,” and “Monsters!” Its music evokes neon-lit action films, nightlife, romance, and melodrama, pairing catchy choruses with a polished sense of spectacle. The closing cover of Duran Duran’s “The Wild Boys” reinforces the record’s clear 1980s reference point while translating that influence into V.B.O.’s synth-and-metal hybrid. Overall, Vice Business Only is an exuberant, high-production album for listeners drawn to melodic hard rock with electronic textures and unapologetically nostalgic pop instincts.