TARTAREAN DESIRE
Do you know this feeling were you really regret being too young for having seen bands like Mötley Crue, Skid Row, Van Halen or others in concert in the 80´s? Well at least I often feel like this, when listening to CDs of such bands, that were really big during that time. But in this case, there´s some good news for you. Violent Divine from Sweden are able to give you a little bit of this 80´s feeling back and the even better news are : they´re quite young, they released this CD in 2006 and this means (hopefully) lots of chances seeing them live somewhere, someday. And even if don´t have a chance to see them live, just put this CD into your player and it makes you want to jump up and have a party. If I hadn´t known before, they´re from Sweden, I would´ve said it´s a Glam/Sleaze Rock band somewhere from L.A., in the 80´s or early 90´s. But there would´ve been another thing "disturbing" those thoughts : The sound - which is actually pretty fresh and modern, as well as some elements in the music itself.
The Swedish quartet mentions bands like Mötley Crue, L.A. Guns, Ratt, Poison or Van Halen as big influences.And believe me, if those bands would´ve published this selftitled CD they couldn´t have done it better. It´s straight forward kick-ass Rock ´n Roll with a great portion of 80´s Rock/Metal, topped off with a clear modern sound and on top of that Punk influences that most modern Glamrock bands nowadays seem to have.(must have?!) So let´s have a closer look at some songs to explain what I mean. Just take the first song Let´s go. Yes, it gives you a kick and nearly immediately you´re in the perfect mood for this album and feel like singing along the choruses. The whole album has to present lots of songs with catchy hooklines and heavy guitar riffs and a nice pounding bassplay. When listening to the beginning of the second song Love Revolution I felt like Skid Row were jumping in to say "Hello" (as well as in The Morning Show e.g.). Just great!And they can also play slower ballad-like songs, just listen to Slow. For the "80est" song Malfunction would probably be the best choice for checking out.
When it comes to describing the vocals of Michael Ahlström I couldn´t do it any better like it´s already written in the promo-sheet : " [...] an attitude of Sex Pistols mixed with Velvet Revolver and a little piece of L.A. Guns." Plus some more influences and in the end you can´t exactly say how he sounds like.There´s one thing that disturbes me, as much as I like this voice, in some parts it gets a bit "whiny".
I tried hard for being not to euphoric about this album, but even when looking for a weak track, I couldn´t find one that I´d actually call weak. When asking someone to get me this CD out of my rack, I´ll say "Gimme my little time-machine!" and for something like 45 minutes, I´ll make a little journey back to the 80´s. Thanks guys!
Granted this CD might not be the best choice for a die-hard Death Metal Fan e.g., but even they would´ve to admit, that this CD is great music for parties. All Glam/Sleaze Rock fans out there can check them out without hesitating and will surely not be disappointed. A solid album without any bigger flaws!
Ateacina
Score: 9 out of 10
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