Hell In The Club - Devil On My Shoulder

Sleazy and brilliantly orchestrated glam rock, Hell In The Club are the kind of band who understand what it means to rock in 2015. Their latest release Devil On My Shoulder is the kind of innovative and exciting hard rock record that has you singing along and headbanging for the entirety of the record. Far too much fun and a welcome respite from the doom, death, and black metal that dominate this website, Hell In The Club are rock and roll icons in the making who truly understand what the genre is all about.

Devil On My Shoulder captures your heart simply in its songwriting. These are tracks that will leave your jaw on the floor. They capture a sort of hedonistic zeitgeist in a way that very few of their peers could even dream of. Hell In The Club are going to get you dancing all around, evidencing the almighty magic that rock music can still have. When these grooves and pounding riffs wind their way into your heart it's impossible to break free. Toss in some fun guitar solos that nicely compliment soaring vocals and you get a sense for what these guys are all about, rock and roll that feels right and has no limits.

Hell In The Club may very well be my new favorite hard rock band, they make me want to dance, and that is the sort of thing that sets bands like this apart. Probably my favorite ever release from Scarlet Records, Hell In The Club are doing something fun and undeniably heavy. They will capture your imagination as you feel the beautiful rock and roll nightmare that they paint for you. Personal and borderline orchestral in its conception Devil On My Shoulder is everything you like about rock and roll!

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Midnight Sin - Sex First

With a record title like Sex First it's pretty easy to see where a band is trying to go. Exciting and dynamic sleaze rock that reminds me why I love the genre so much, Midnight Sin's modern classic Sex First is going to rip your face off and fill it with heavy metal glory. These guys are fun and hard hitting masters of their craft who are turning it up to eleven and getting you to dance it out. With cries for rebellion, revolution, and all the rock and roll amdness that normall surrounds these records, Midnight Sin do sleaze rock right.

The thing is with these songs that they are wonderfully constructed and will get your whole body shaking in honor of the power and the glory that they embody. When these guy turn up the grooves and set the rock and roll rhythms pounding through your veins, you know that this is what they were born to do. The songs here are exciting, and no matter how hard you try not to, you will get off. It's impossible to have a bad time while listening to Midnight Sin and I feel like that was a goal of theirs going in. Sex First demonstrates a band who truly understand their craft and who are bringing it at an extremely high level.

Sure, there is some room for improvement on this album, there are a few moments that definitely feel like filler and leave the listener a little disappointed. But when Midnight Sin are turned on to it and letting their music shine you feel a sense of godhood embodied by each member of the band. Masters of their craft and dedicated to giving the world a healthy dose of rock and roll, I think the future is bright for these guys. Brilliatnly marketed and far too much fun to listen to, who knows what will come next?

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Bastardogs-No Pain No Gain

Bastardogs are one of these strange glam revival bands that bring a lot to a genre that many once cast aside and called frivolous. These Genova natives have crafted something exciting and new with their record No Pain No Gain. A record that seems to fuse the sounds of obscure New Wave of British Heavy Metal stalwarts with some hard hitting classic glam, this is glam for a new generation, heavy, melodic, and of course, a blast to listen too. Suffice to say, with No Pain No Gain it is impossible to call Bastardogs a mere revival band, but rather an evolution on the music of the lords of the genre.

Part of the appeal of Bastardogs is the heavily reverbed vocals, they have a wild and triumphant quality which fills the music up with a vitriolic energy. Bastardogs spit acid into the face of posers and will have no truck with those who can't appreciate their mountains of hair. The riffs on No Pain No Gain are simply stellar. They have a lot of wonderful roaring parts that demonstrate a true understanding of glam as a genre. Yet this is not the only thing that defines the Bastardogs sound. The band plays with a stunning desperation and searing majesty that evidences the groups ability to roar out of the gutter and onto the stage. This is sleaze metal at its finest, dirty, grimy, and ready to rock.

A band who have no difficulty fusing the grit of Motorhead with the slime of W.A.S.P. Bastardogs have gone out and proved themselves as rapidly rising metal gods with No Pain No Gain. Not just music for dudes stuck in the 80's. Bastardogs have an incredible forward thinking sound rife with stunning riffs and flashy guitar licks. Tease your hair out boys and stick on the spandex, Bastardogs are sleaze metal for you and me, folks who never experienced the 80's glambangers. This band will tear your skull open and stuff it full of glitter, prepare your body.

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Superhorrorfuck-Death Becomes Us

Some of you may remember Superhorrorfuck from my previous review of their great little EP. Their new record takes all of the songs from Gorgeous Dead and revamp them with a set of new tracks to form the album Death Becomes Us. This new record is frankly their best yet. Filled with crazed riffs, sexual boasts and headbanging guitar parts galore this is an album that understands the neverending power that rock and roll can have over anyone even a hoary old soul like mine. These 12 tracks get rock and roll and drive everything all the way up to 11.

What makes this record special is the raw hedonism that characterizes so much of the music. These songs provide a sort of modern glam, music that gathers all of the scum of the Sunset Strip and distills it into one gloriously metal whole. This band is filthy and unafraid, willing to crash through any boundary and break any rule as long as it benefits the magic that rock and roll needs to have to succeed. The bands image is pretty much perfect considering what they want to do and the pictures that adorn their record are a fitting tribute to all that the band stands for, one of the last acts in the world to fully embrace sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

In finishing, Death Becomes Us is one of the most triumphant metal records of the year. Triumphant and hard hitting this is an album that will grab you by the ears and get you singing along to every single chorus. If you want a band who will turn it up and rock out for hours on end then Superhorrorfuck is exactly what you want. Their newest release represents all of the power that their unique sound has and they are truly spearheading this glam revival with innovation, fire and passion. I simply have to recommend that you pick this record up from Atomic Stuff Promotions as soon as possible.

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Seventh Veil

Here's something to consider, or just completely throw away, we are currently seeing a revival of the spirit of glam, and not in bands like Steel Panther but groups who seek to modernize the sound and concepts of the Sunset Strip. Seventh Veil are one such band and their sleazy brand of hard hitting rock and roll is not to be ignored, with ripping chords, big choruses and a great glam metal attitude there is a lot to dig in the edgy and intentionally crude sound of Seventh Veil. One of my favorite parts about this Italian combo is their marvelous riffing style, while it is of course heavily influenced by groups like Motley Crue and Hanoi Rocks there is something of a modern hard rock sensibility in their which adds a lot of flavor to songs like Slimy Snake and helps to differentiate the band from a crowded scene. All in all, these guys are extremely tight but also very sleazy and simply impressive. Riding on the wings of massive choruses and crazed guitar solos there is a lot to love with the roaring sound of Seventh Veil. Watch out before they come and burn your town down!

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Exclusive stream of The Best Song by Vietcong Pornsurfers!

So the Vietcong Pornsurfers have a new album out in a couple of days and they've chosen to stream "The Best Song" through Two Guys. Obviously this is an honor and very exciting, The Best Song is a good indicator of what the rest of the album sounds like. Be sure to check the band out on Facebook and check out the review I wrote of them earlier today!

Vietcong Pornsurfers-We Spread Diseases

Vietcong Pornsurfers are a delectable punk band with a heavy rock influence on their sound which is almost reminiscent of The Misfits at times. This Swedish four piece have a sound filled with crunchy riffs and sleaze rock songwriting that should appeal to many a metaller. Their new album We Spread Diseases is a powerful tribute to the magic of heavy rock, topped off with sexual boasts, rock anthems, and odes to drugs.  The Vietcong Pornsurfers are truly fun to listen too and fills the listener up with a crazy rock and roll energy that grabs the listener by the head and drowns them under their musical might.

From the opening crash of Marcel you know you're in for a fun ride. A couple tracks later and the listener is bombarded by The Best Song Ever, another example of the bands penchant for showcasing a rock and roll swagger. The group does a particularly good job of using powerful refrains to get the listener singing along, it makes me think that these guys must be a blast to see live. The songs are all fairly short and given their relatively sparse structure this is probably for the better. In addition it gives the music a lot more spontaneity and keeps the record fresh. Suffice to say, as I listen to this album I'm enamored by the raw power of the band and the spicy guitar playing that keeps the music fun.

In conclusion, if you're looking for hard hitting and fun rock and roll replete with the magic of Guns n Roses this is the band for you. With nothing to complex Vietcong Pornsurfers appeal from the first listen. Exciting and explosive We Spread Diseases should make waves when it's released on May 20th. This is a band who try to invoke the crazy glam rocking days on the Sunset Strip back in the 80s and reinvigorate it with a modern metal might. A band with a wide potential appeal I'm curious to see the public reaction to We Spread Diseases!

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Easy Trigger- Bullshit

Driving rock and roll with a healthy dose of heavy metal and trve grit, Easy Trigger is a fun and sleazy hard rock band. Their premier album Bullshit is a high powered and hard rocking tribute to the magic of the devils music. A record that has a bit of everything, from power ballads to quasi death growls, from pop punk parts to driving thrash this is a very fun party metal record that should be enjoyed by many hard rock and modern metal fans. Dirty, grimy and filled with a dedication to all that is rock Bullshit is a anthemic and powerful record that shows a band just starting their journey into the world of rock.

This album has a lot of raw filth in it, this allows the music to take on a bit of a glam quality. At times reminiscent of Sunset Strip lords like the Sleez Beez Easy Trigger understand how to make edgy rock that can still appeal to the masses. Some of the more vicious riffs are even reminiscent of bands like Hardcore Superstar. Meanwhile, the bouncier and more fiery parts remind me distinctly of Motley Crue. I'd also like to point out that their are quite a few wonderful choruses to be had on this record. Its a lot of fun to sing along with some of the bands more epic tracks! It really is just a testament to the groups solid songwriting and the effort they poured into this record.

In conclusion, with Bullshit Easy Trigger have created a fun and vibrant hard rock record that would appeal to any fan of the sleazy stuff. This records twelve tracks are dripping with a classic LA might, while still succeeding in incorporating some more modern elements into their sound, Easy Trigger find a great fusion of styles that many a metalhead will love. The end result is a tasty record with lots of flashy solos and headbanging riffs. A very solid overall effort it will be interesting to see where Easy Trigger take their explosive sound in the future!

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Baby Heartless

Baby Heartless is a fun and groovy sleaze rock band from Bergen Norway. What is especially about this band is that while it is glam it does not try to revive the genre as bands like Steel Panther do. On some level Baby Heartless represent a progression beyond glam standards, an idea I find to be very interesting. Baby Heartless are not trying to relive the glory days of Motley Crue or Warrant, instead they are creating a logical progression on a sound that dominated the airwaves 25 years ago. With a unique sound all of their own Baby Heartless have a lot of potential. I'd also like to point out how cool it is that a band like this is coming from a place like Norway, a country more traditionally known for its kvlt black metal scene. Suffice to say, Baby Heartless's new single Midnight Crush is magnificent simply because it shows that their is a way forward for glam in the modern era. A band that seeks to breathe new life into a genre once thought long dead it will be very interesting to see where Baby Heartless take their sound in the future!

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