Lordi
Scare Force One
AFM Records
2014
After last year’s rather disappointing “To Beast or not to Beast” the hard rockers from Finland are back with a new album ready to offer both rockin’ music and horror lyrics & attitude apart from their “Halloween” costumes.
None can blame Lordi for not having smartly playful album & track titles and funny horror lyrics. Other than that, the music follows the same known Lordi path. Hard rock, pop-rock, horror rock, rock & roll & melodic metal stuff with fine sing-along refrains. How one cannot snigger when reading titles like “How to Slice a Whore”, “Hell Sent in the Clowns”, “Cadaver Lover” & “Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein” among others.
Musically, the album moves in mediocrity notwithstanding the highly enjoyable (with memorable refrain) “House of Ghosts”. Possibly, it’s one of the best tracks that Lordi have delivered over the last decade or so. Assuredly, “Scare Force One” is much better and more consistent than its predecessor. The production is clear and heavy as always. Lordi never disappoint on that part.
Their “glorious Eurovision days” may have long gone but their willingness to play hard & heavy music never ceased. They may sound more US than lots of US bands but that’s the Lordi style and the fans seem to have fun with it. After all, Lordi do not take themselves too seriously and that’s the good thing about them…
None can blame Lordi for not having smartly playful album & track titles and funny horror lyrics. Other than that, the music follows the same known Lordi path. Hard rock, pop-rock, horror rock, rock & roll & melodic metal stuff with fine sing-along refrains. How one cannot snigger when reading titles like “How to Slice a Whore”, “Hell Sent in the Clowns”, “Cadaver Lover” & “Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein” among others.
Musically, the album moves in mediocrity notwithstanding the highly enjoyable (with memorable refrain) “House of Ghosts”. Possibly, it’s one of the best tracks that Lordi have delivered over the last decade or so. Assuredly, “Scare Force One” is much better and more consistent than its predecessor. The production is clear and heavy as always. Lordi never disappoint on that part.
Their “glorious Eurovision days” may have long gone but their willingness to play hard & heavy music never ceased. They may sound more US than lots of US bands but that’s the Lordi style and the fans seem to have fun with it. After all, Lordi do not take themselves too seriously and that’s the good thing about them…