Argentina-based collaborative rock project BONAHORA returns with “Path of Love,” a track that feels both retro and cosmic, rooted in classic rock but dressed in modern, cinematic atmosphere. The project is the vision of Argentinian guitarist and songwriter Paul Bonahora, whose writing leans heavily on expressive riffs and emotional storytelling, and here he aims straight for something raw and deeply personal.
The song’s seed came from a letter Paul discovered after his father died, written by a close friend who was reflecting on life, loss, and the strange vastness of existence. Instead of keeping that letter as a private relic, he pulled fragments from it and folded them into the lyrics, turning a private document into a shared meditation on how we keep loving people who are no longer physically here. The result feels heavy, but in a way that glows rather than collapses in on itself.
Ronnie Romero, the same vocal force associated with Rainbow and Michael Schenker Group, treats the song like a storm front coming in slow. His delivery has the grit of hard rock, but he leans into vulnerability, letting the words fray at the edges. Lines such as “Something in my mind does not feel right” and “Voices in my head, luring me to look behind” land like the kind of thoughts that circle your brain at 2 a.m. The chorus, “Give me a sign in all this madness / Clues to find the path leading back to you,” climbs upward with a sense of desperate hope, a reach for connection that feels both spiritual and painfully human.
Behind him, the rhythm section of Fernando Scarcella and Pablo Motyczak, both ex Rata Blanca, gives the track a classic rock skeleton: steady, muscular, and grounded. Their playing keeps things rooted in something familiar, yet it avoids slipping into empty nostalgia. It feels more like the soundtrack to a memory that is half real and half imagined, something you might have lived once and can almost recall.
The production, handled by PAF Music at Pilart Studios, leans into scale and warmth. Guitars glow with a rich, saturated tone, drums sit roomy and alive, and there is a subtle, shimmering layer that hangs above everything like distant starlight. The mix wants to occupy every corner of the room, the kind of track you instinctively turn up so it can stretch out properly.
Lyrically, “Path of Love” sits in that uncomfortable space between wanting someone to stay and learning how to move through the world without them. The repeated pleas for a sign echo the conversations we have with the air when nobody is around to answer. The song never pretends that grief is tidy or noble. It traces how sorrow slowly shifts from something jagged to something you can hold without cutting yourself open every time.
The release is paired with a lyric video by Diabolus in Graphica, which leans into the music’s ethereal, in-between-worlds feel, giving visual shape to that sense of transition and lingering presence.
For anyone drawn to rock that engages both emotion and reflection, “Path of Love” is an easy recommendation. It is the second track from a six-song EP scheduled to roll out after the holidays, which frames this song as an early chapter in a larger emotional journey BONAHORA is planning. It is worth giving this one a focused listen, volume high, and seeing where your own memories take you while Romero pushes those final notes into the sky.