Chicago s favorite sons are back with new record! Naked Raygun are punk rock veterans and I am glad to still see them go and sounding strong after all these years and still causing a whirlwind, real storm of emotions with their melodic old school pop punk rock. This new bunch of songs has something for everyone, from sweet chorus of Treat Me Unkind that I love so much, to almost psyched ending of Soul Hole Baby, across haunting, atmospheric noisy and garage rock Suicide Bomb, pure unaldurated punk fun of Broken Things, this album is very versatile using punk rock as it was meant to be, as a means of creativity in song writing and making a whole new world of sound for us listeners to enjoy. I can almost smell the sweaty, smoke filled garage and club full of punks listening to this band and let Naked Raygun take you to otherworldly experience of rock. Nice album.
I love Volbeat. I love them since I heard Guitar Gangsters And Cadillac Blood album. I immediately fell in love with their mix of psychobilly, doo wop and metal and I can safely say that they created postulates for the whole new subgenre called metalbilly.
Now, some years later and couple of albums later, the Danes return with their brand new studio album. What almost upon first note falls on mind is the lack of metalbilly anymore. Yes, they went for the whole more melodic approach, slowed some songs down and made them even more catchy than before and yes, maybe more commercial. But, the old Volbeat strong songwriting is still here and Michael Poulsen˙s voice is something that I will never have enough, for me one of the best vocalists in the business, ever. There are couple of sure hits on the album like Cheapside Sloggers, Maybe I Believe or Leviathan. This is definitely not the best Volbeat album, but it is the most melodic and most catchy in their opus and if you are a fan you will love it. I know I do.
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