snake27 ·
29-Мар-09 23:52
(спустя 1 час 42 мин.)
The Brazilian hard rock group Snow has apparently recieved rave reviews for this album. Good for them, but I can't really find anything to rave about this album. Okay, they do sound like an authentic version of any early nineties' second rate hard rock band. You know, those bands that seemed to get their deals because they had "the look" and possibly a couple of decent songs... do Hericane Alice, Roxy Blue, Blonz or Disturbance ring any bells? Don't worry if they don't...
The album kicks off with the rather ok "What Comes Around", a decent slab of hair metal with a Skid Row vibe. "Out On The Streets" doesn't sound too bad either, except for the rather reckless "gang vocals", but then everything starts to go wrong. "Hard Motherfucker" is an attempt at some sort of a "party metal anthem", but it ends up being just an embarassment with its' stupid voice-overs, crap lyrics and that damn cowbell. "Talk Of The Town" is just boring, while "Tearin Down The House" is one of the more tolerable tracks with a rather cool pre-chorus. Too bad the band ran out of ideas for the actual chorus.
"Underground Kids" could be a decent song if there was a real hook in it - having a gang shouting "rock!" and "yeah!" doesn't count as a chorus hook in my books. Still, despite of the nearly classic line "Sound makes us drool" it's one of the more tolerable songs on the album. No such luck with "She Demon", which could again use a hook instead of the unbelievebly dull "ooh oooh oooh she-demon", which is repeated again and again... and again. Even the vocalist (Riq Ferris I guess) sounds bored.
"On Fire" is a bit of a shocker, as it actually has a chorus with a melodic hook. Easily the best song of the album. "Catfight" does have a lot of energy, but the rather simple chorus lets it down. "On The Loose" is an energetic ditty as well, but its' Van Halen-groove doesn't appeal to me at all.
On most of the songs, the band seems to have tried to recreate the big wall-of-sound gang vocals of the first Skid Row album. They've succeeded to some degree, but when there are no melodic hooks for "the choir" to sing, it's just much ado about nothing. All in all, Snow are probably a decent band and have some potential, but they really should concentrate on the songwriting. On a different note, the artwork... did somebody actually get some money for it? Now those were dollars well spent...
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