Band: Bloodlights
Release: Stand Or Die
Release Date: 20th May 2013
Birthed from the ashes of the Norwegian rockers Gluecifer, Bloodlights come armed to the teeth with their newest offering ‘Stand Or Die‘.
The rock n’ roll vibe roams free throughout opener ‘Roll With Me‘, with hints of Motorhead, Sex Pistols and The Ramones tinge the overall sound of the band. The vocal style of the interestingly-named frontman Captain Poon plays the driving rhythm a well of compliments.
With simplicity and cut-throat originality come good vibes, ‘Arms Around It‘ turns old-school on its head, hooks ahoy spatter the chorus, sing-alongs for all and although ‘Shit For Gold‘ starts off as though it could quite easily be a Dave Mustaine masterpiece, the track picks up and thunders into a staggering banger of a number.
The elusive sounding ‘Sure Shot‘ sounds like Judas Priest kicking Lemmy in the face while The Damned stand by watching; good punk rock vibes with hints of heavy metal throughout.
For some reason, the start of ‘Blackouts And Landmines‘ reminds us of Metallica’s ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls‘ before descending into a sort of fist clenching, almost goth-rock sounding piece with nice, strong lead guitar wailing; which is, of course, a necessity. It seems that Bloodlights are a band that, in their experience, are unafraid to cross genres when necessary.
Most of the tracks follow a similar structure and rhythm, ‘I Got Mine’ takes rock n’ roll to a whole new level of ridiculousness, with riffs that Airbourne would be proud of comes a track laden with hooks, screeching, riffy guitars and spitting, leather-donning vocals.
Rock isn’t dead, we hope as closer ‘Drive Into The Void‘ kicks in steadily and strongly, a slightly (only slightly) different sounding piece to close a record that although embodies elements of all things rock n’ roll that can become slightly tedious, Bloodlights definitely know their genres, aspects of metal, folk and country play a role throughout and are integral to keep the record moving. Worth a listen.
6/10
Reviewer: Luke Davis
