Yeah, darauf hab ich seit 2 Jahren gewartet. Die Punksleazer SEX SLAVES haben endlich ein neues Album draussen ^^

Zitat:WASTED ANGEL
the new album from SEX SLAVES is available for pre-order now

Enhanced CD
to be released June 3, 2009
will ship June 2nd !!

1. Long Live the Dead
2. Sssssay What?
3. Fuk 4 Luv
4. Bloodlust
5. Beautiful Embrace
6. I Live at Night
7. House of a Madman
8. Cheap Imitation
9. Memory
10. Liquor Store Romance
11. I Was There
12. Mexico
13. Nothing Like It

also includes new music video for
"Long Live the Dead"

Sleazig-punkiger Rotzrock aus Norwegen. Stilistisch irgendwo zwischen Hardcore Superstar, Mötley Crüe und den Backyard Babies.

Zitat:"It sounds like a million bucks to me". That line from the song "Scream" may seem like bragging, but in the case of Norway's Molotow it is right on the money. It's been a couple years and line-up changes since these guys first burst onto the scene with feat. Rock & Roll and now they have returned better than ever.

As good as their debut was, this CD ups the ante a bit more. If you are a fan of slick hard rock, with great choruses and roaring guitars, then Molotow is the band for you. I originally compared the band to Crazy Lixx and I'm going to stick with that comparison as both bands play some of the most infectious rock released these days. You don't believe me? All you have to do is check out "Scream", "Bad Reputation", "Overdrive", "Rocket Scientist" and "Riot" for proof.

There is a line in "Rocket Scientist" that pretty much sums up this entire CD, "this is high class rock and roll." And that is exactly what Rocktales is, high class rock with killer guitar lines that seem to drop out of the sky. The band really does capture an over-the-top sound, rocking harder than ever while maintaining the qualities that made them so exciting in the first place. I am impressed, and not just with the musicianship, but also with the energy, production and song quality - and it all comes together to produce an excellent ride down memory lane.

Whereas Molotow's debut album faltered on the second half, Rocktales delivers the goods from beginning to end. It may have taken a couple of years, but there is no denying that these guys have hit their stride. The only thing I wonder about is how they are going to be able to top this release? That in itself will prove to be a monumental task as Rocktales is very close to a flawless piece of hard rock. (Sleazeroxx.com)

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» Wizz21 - 05.07. - 20:06 : -- Fuck, was dat denn? O_o Klingen wie ne Mischung aus alten Axxis, Europe und neueren Bands a'la H.E.A.T. und/oder Brother Firetribe

Zitat:It's kinda funny that back in the eighties, when the kind of melodic hard rock that Firenote play was big, there were hardly any worthwhile Finnish acts. Now, twenty years later, new bands pop up more or less frequently. Some of them can even crack the charts, like Brother Firetribe. BFT is one band that Firenote are bound to be compared to, thanks to their similar name and style, not to mention the similar'ish artwork. They are no copycats though: whereas BFT's music is rooted in AOR, Firenote has a more metallic vibe. Espcially vocalist Ricky's style is slightly teutonic, not a million miles from that of Axxis' Bernhard Weiss actually.

Firenote's debut has been produced by Erkka Korhonen, former guitarist of Urban Tale and nowadays a renowed producer. With his help, the band has created a very 80'ies like hard rock platter, which manages to sound contemporary as well. A special mention for the background vocals, they are top-notch.

Out of the 11 songs on the album, not everyone is a winner but when they get it right, they get it RIGHT. The first single "Danger" has some cool Yngwie-like touches and a deadly effective chorus. The band's tribute to a foxy celebrity cook Sara La Fountain is another gem. I just wonder what she'll think of this tune, Ricky proudly singing that he had a "chance to get between her thighs"... Well, it's just rock'n roll poetry, nothing that serious. Another pair of very good tracks can be found later in the tracklisting, namely the AOR stormer "Suddenly" and hard-rocking, catchy "Heartbreaker", which reminds me a bit of H.E.A.T.

On a few occasions, Ricky's vocal delivery is over the top. Take the chorus of "Don't Ever Fall In Love" for instance... a bit squeeky for my taste. What's more, some of the lyrics he has to sing are quite wordy, thus the vocal melodies do not flow naturally. Several Finnish bands have the same problem, possibly because our own language is so consonant-heavy and angular. Okay, now this review's getting a bit wordy too...

To sum it up, Firenote's first album is a good, well produced melodic hard rock album that should appeal to those who have enjoyed the likes of Brother Firetribe, H.E.A.T. and The Poodles recently, not to mention the ancestors like Europe, TNT and Axxis.

VÖ: 2009

Genre: (Technical) Oldschool Thrash/Speed / Hard Rock

Label: Kemado Records

Herkunftsland: USA


Tracklist:

01. Advanced Mind Control
02. Nuclear Bummer
03. Power Spirit
04. H.T.H.A.T.E.O.T.W
05. Subterranian Cities
06. Time Is The Living
07. Mental Parasites (Bonus Track)
08. Death Tribe (Bonus Track)

Spielzeit: 54:02

Zitat:I had heard the tracks Power Spirit and Death Tribe (unfortunately not on the album) on the band”™s Myspace and was very excited when I received Scott”™s copy of Children”™s “Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World”. Through Advanced Mind Control”™s spacey intro to the final chord of Time Is The Living, Children offers a consistent and yet ever-changing musical attack, with all the fury and finesse of hardcore punk and speed metal without sacrificing a definite sixties prog vibe. While I can definitely smell the presence of some other scenes and other bands in their sound, Children is pretty original. The riffs don”™t get stale and pound and pulse with the intensity of a meteor storm. The solos are well-placed and usually overlap the track”™s progressing riffs, so the song never has to take a “break” to allow for a blistering solo section. And while there are definitely some blistering, balls-out fast solos, a lot of solos are slow and allowed to build melodically to a climax. The album is spectacularly well EQ”™d (at least for my audio setup), with guitars, vocals and drums all being audible and existing with presence, threat and destructive power at all times. Bass was definitely present, but could have been closer to the forefront of the recordings.

I”™ve had to listen to “Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World” multiple times to be sure that I wasn”™t leaving anything out. For the most part, it isn”™t particularly awash in complexity, but still has plenty of intricacies that will appeal to perhaps even learned music theorists. A massively overlooked component of metal music is harmony. A good sense of harmony can cause many a metal fan to listen to a record many times without tiring of it”¦ I know plenty of metal fans that will never tire of Opeth”™s “Orchid”, for example. Children still offer direct, no bullshit and near-always in your face thrash metal, but there is still plenty of subtle harmony work”¦ From the dissonant lead work in the beginning of Advanced Mind Control to some of the thrashing sections in Power Spirit to Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World, the album has excellent and utterly seductive use of harmony to keep listener attention at every turn. But this subtlety doesn”™t at all cloud the purpose of this album: A hurricane of balls-out, world-destroying thrash with some prog and stoner elements thrown in for good measure. How do you classify this band? At the end of the day, I”™m going to have to resort to the classic cop out myself, and call it “excellent metal music”. It”™s deceptive – both simple and direct, and fiendishly subtle.

So what don”™t I like? Mostly stylistic things. I was never much of a hardcore fan, so I find it hard to decipher the lyric of any given song, although they definitely add to the instrumental tracks anyway. A few more progressive elements definitely wouldn”™t have gone amiss either, but that”™s about all I can think of – this album has made me a convert, if not missionary, to its cause.

If you like 70s hard rock, 80s speed/thrash, stoner and progressive metal, you will find this album to be an excellent acquisition. As a fan of all of the above genres, it”™s quite pleasing to my ears. I eagerly anticipate more excellent releases from Children - I will most certainly keep an eye on these guys in the future.

Track-by-track:

1. With Advanced Mind Control (9:41), a spacey, phasing intro gives way to a riff accompanied by wonderfully dissonant lead work. Towards the end, it thrashes hypnotically before slowing down to allow some straight, heavy riffing to set in.
2. Nuclear Bummer (7:15) thrashes harder than a lot of thrash revivalists, and has Children”™s trademark masterful musicianship to accompany the balls-out attitude.
3. Power Spirit (5:31) has some of the most aggressive vocals on the album, and has an extremely tongue-in-cheek video, reminding the listener that despite the serious musicianship and skill these gentlemen possess, it”™s all for fun. And of course, a direct reference to Black Sabbath shouldn”™t go without mention (Play Black Sabbath/In our rooms!). The video is visible here.
4. The Title Track (2:12) begins with some Spanish guitar work, and builds, with a couple harmony tracks gradually layered on. Children isn”™t just about thrashing, and they continue to showcase their ability, not only to write and perform, but to segue”¦ The title track more or less serves as an intro for the next one, Subterranean Cities, which actually reminds me a bit of the last album I reviewed, Toxic Holocaust”™s ”¦An Overdose of Death. A very similar retro-thrash sensibility permeates the track, but at the same time, the track is imbued with subtlety and finesse that many thrash revivalists fail to consider. One of the hardest rocking tracks on the album by far, with a great, chunky rhythm audible at all times. There is a maniacal, yet beautiful build up to some fantastic leads a little past the five-minute mark. A very memorable track.
5. The final track, Time Is The Living (9:38), is a great conclusion to the album. This beast is both furious and speedy, but willing to slow down for some great lead work and dual guitar harmony. It ends with some heavily manipulated feedback.