Stay Hungry-Twisted Sister

Yeah its New Years but I'm at home my family is asleep and I want to celebrate the geological new year. (When the Earth completely finishes its rotation around the sun 6 hours after midnight.) So I'm putting on my earphones and cranking up the Twisted Sister! It starts off with the hard rocking Stay Hungry which is a great way to start the album. Then it features two of the best Twisted Sister song We're Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock, which was hilariously parodied on Spongebob. This is a classic 80s metal album with cool solos, awesome power chord riffs and decent spots for other instruments, then there are the awesomely rebellious lyrics which are sung by the incredible Dee Snyder. This is truly an album for the ages.

The guitar is primarily power chord driven and the riffs rock. A lot of them are really catchy, and you find yourself humming them for weeks. They also add to the overall catchiness of the songs, most of which are pretty catchy. Most notably We're Not Gonna Take It. The guitar solos are pretty decent but nothing to rave over. They still are definitely worth listening to. The bass barely comes through at all, it really is only there to boost the riffs, it doesn't have any of its own parts to show off. The drums are high powered and fast and the best part is that they sometimes use... you guessed it... A COWBELL!

The lyrics are high powered and rebellious or dark. From Stay Hungry, a song about craving vices, to We're Not Gonna Take It, a song with a self explanatory title and I Wanna Rock, another explanatory titled song. The lyrics are very well written and very catchy to listen too and you find yourself singing along to them weeks after hearing them. The catchiest song is We're Not Gonna Take It, possibly the ultimate 80s rock anthem. Some of the lyrics like You're Gonna Burn in Hell and Horror-Teria are very dark in content. Actually Horror-Teria is a rather long experiment and is about a crazy satanist, its really creepy. Dee Snyder can really belt out his parts. His voice is very powerful, almost Dio-like.

Overall this is a pretty awesome album featuring some of the best of Twisted Sister in We're Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock. This is a high powered and awesome album with some of the catchiest metal songs ever written. I Wanna Rock perfectly captures the rock n' roll atmosphere of the 80s. Snyder is a powerful rock god standing on a stage made of sheer adrenaline. From the soaring guitar solos to the cool lyrics and the powerful vocals this album rocks 100% of the time. This is a great album that rocks really hard and captures the spirit of the 80s. This album is pretty much the epitome of the 80s. You should listen to it, We're Not Gonna Take It is possibly the best metal song done by a strictly 80s band. This album rocks hard SO LISTEN TO IT!

OVERALL 9.5/10

Stay Hungry

Twisted Christmas-Twisted Sister

 So, another Christmas metal album review today. This is Twisted Sisters Twisted Christmas album. This is a good very heavy and metal Christmas album. It shows off the awesomeness of Twisted Sister. There is decent guitar work, mostly in power chords, the other instruments do rather well as well the vocals are classic Twisted Sister and make the Christmas carols awesome. Also I wold like to point out that the lead track does not exactly explode out of the speakers, there is a highly humorous “This isn't Twisted Sister” bit that adds a layer of comedy to the album. The guitar parts are very good and allow for lots of headbanging to these Christmas carols, this album while not quite as good as We Wish you a Metal Xmas is still very good.

The guitar is very strong on this album and is very pure heavy metal. Even though Christmas songs are not really meant to have solos they are very well fit in. One of the funniest parts of this album is that some of the songs are based of classic heavy metal. For example the second track O Come all Ye Faithful uses the same guitar part as We're not Gonna Take It. I found this highly amusing and it really added to the album. The drums are classic Twisted Sister with their loud cowbells added to every couple songs. (I for one am in favor of more cowbells) The bass comes through a little but could be more prominent, while it does strengthen the riffs it never gets its own dominating part.

A lot of classic Christmas songs are covered with no lyrical changes. I am once more disappointed at the lack of Jingle bells :(. However there are some pretty good traditional carols not seen on We Wish you a Metal Xmas, for example White Christmas, is kind of a highlight. All of the songs are 100% Christmas carols lyrically though and the heavy metal is just an added treat. The vocals show that Dee Snider still has plenty of juice left in his vocal cords. They are strong and lead the music belting out the lyrics with a strength not often seen in aging rock stars. So overall the lyrics are all Christmasy and the vocals are fine.

Overall this is a pretty good Christmas album featuring one of my favorite hair metal bands jamming to some of the worlds greatest Christmas carols. The music is good and often borrows from classic heavy metal. The lyrics are purely Christmas in flavor and actual content. The singing is very good and powerful. This is a Christmas album you can listen to any time of the year. There is a certain sing a long fell you get here that makes the album really good. So I would recommend this album to pretty much anybody and I recommend that you listen to it this Christmas season Merry Christmas guys!

OVERALL 8.5/10

Twisted Christmas