HellYeah- Band of Brothers Review
My review (as featured on The Metalheadz page!)
This is one super-group that never fails to impress. Catchy riffs upon catchy riffs mixed in with that feel good- HellYeah attitude. This new album, Band of Brothers is no different. With the first five tracks hitting you straight in the metal, like an unrelenting train, you’re sucked into the sound. This is studio album number three for the ‘Southern Metal’ Dallas guys, following success after success on tours and playing Download festival both in 2010 and 2012.
It’s a much heavier album than the previous two, and you know this from the first track onwards. It’s nice to hear the band members going back to their heavy roots on this heavy, beefy album.
Firstly, the title track ‘Band of Brothers’ pushes Chad’s vocals to the max, strong growling vocals mixed with sung sections that I can imagine would go down a treat at their live shows, ‘Just a band of brothers raising hell’ that lyric really sums up the feel of the album.
However if you want a low down filthy song to drink to then I’d recommend the fourth track ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ (try saying that when you’ve had one too many Jager Bombs!). This song is definitely for the party mood, but then again, so is the majority of the album. They do however tone the whole mood down by the 6th track, which opens with bluesy, country style acoustic guitar. It splits the album up nicely into two halves, the party half and the more serious, technical half. But that’s not to say the second half isn’t as enjoyable.
Unfortunately, It cant be all praise for this album since I couldn’t help getting a little bored with the overused riffs on some typical album filler tracks.
Overall, Band of Brothers is an album not to be sniffed at from HellYeah, granted its not going to be your album of a lifetime, but it is awesome nonetheless and will certainly get you off the sofa stamping your feet.
This is one super-group that never fails to impress. Catchy riffs upon catchy riffs mixed in with that feel good- HellYeah attitude. This new album, Band of Brothers is no different. With the first five tracks hitting you straight in the metal, like an unrelenting train, you’re sucked into the sound. This is studio album number three for the ‘Southern Metal’ Dallas guys, following success after success on tours and playing Download festival both in 2010 and 2012.
It’s a much heavier album than the previous two, and you know this from the first track onwards. It’s nice to hear the band members going back to their heavy roots on this heavy, beefy album.
Firstly, the title track ‘Band of Brothers’ pushes Chad’s vocals to the max, strong growling vocals mixed with sung sections that I can imagine would go down a treat at their live shows, ‘Just a band of brothers raising hell’ that lyric really sums up the feel of the album.
However if you want a low down filthy song to drink to then I’d recommend the fourth track ‘Drink Drank Drunk’ (try saying that when you’ve had one too many Jager Bombs!). This song is definitely for the party mood, but then again, so is the majority of the album. They do however tone the whole mood down by the 6th track, which opens with bluesy, country style acoustic guitar. It splits the album up nicely into two halves, the party half and the more serious, technical half. But that’s not to say the second half isn’t as enjoyable.
Unfortunately, It cant be all praise for this album since I couldn’t help getting a little bored with the overused riffs on some typical album filler tracks.
Overall, Band of Brothers is an album not to be sniffed at from HellYeah, granted its not going to be your album of a lifetime, but it is awesome nonetheless and will certainly get you off the sofa stamping your feet.
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