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If the back cover of the record displays four hairy guys, two of which are sporting
Entombed T-shirts while the tattooed singer is flipping a hearty
bird, I should be able to expect quite masculine music, right? Such I the case,
as that is what Italy’s Allhelluja seems to be all about.
The band’s website namedrops bands like Motörhead
and Kyuss as big influnces. Pieces of the kind of rowdy rolling
of Lemmy and the boys are quite evident and even some of the stonerish fogginess
of the latter mentioned.
Although even more so this band makes me think of a bit lighter, less catchy
version of Black Label Society. The riffs groove brilliantly
from time to time and there is certainly enough pounding bass to satisfy my
low end-cravings. Jacob Bredahls gruffy voice suits the material very well and
there is definite power behind the spewing. The speedy rocking of Superhero
Motherfucker Superman lives up to the demanding song title. The preceding
Are You Ready also works well with fist-raising energy, but after the
opening duo the churning becomes much too repetitive. The production is excellent throughout, giving a strong feel for the music.
Still, this album leaves me at a loss of words, in a stale way. Pain Is
The Game is by no means a bad record, there is just nothing remarkable
about it. Even in it’s mediocrity, it doesn’t grab my attention
even close in the magnitude that the aforementioned Motörhead
could. If you just want some adept heavy rock with a whole lotta machismo, go
for this album by all means. For me, it just didn’t pack a wallop huge
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Killing Songs : Are You Ready (Ready For Your Massacre?) & Superhero Motherfucker Superman |
Aleksie quoted 64 / 100 | |||||
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