![]() ![]() “Powerline” features Michael Starr of Steel Panther. Though very heavy, this feels more like “sleaze metal” than a lot of the other tracks they’ve uploaded with that hashtag. ![]() The song itself harkens back to a more traditional Crashdïet sound and is a welcomed sound on the album. “Dead Crusade” has an almost Pantera influence in the guitar intro. “Darker Minds” has a more ballad feel with some country stylings in the chorus. “No Man’s Land” has entirely too much of the power metal influence that turns me way off. You know, it almost feels like it could be a wrestling theme song? I kind of get the Cody Rhodes “Kingdom” vibe out of this track? Wrestling fans might react to that. Very catchy chorus with very cool lyrics. “Shine On”, on the other hand, delivers on a higher level with a chorus I’m not sure would’ve been in the band’s playbook with any other singer. It delivers a very catchy chorus and a solid groove that sets the tone for the album as its first real song though second track. “Together Whatever” seems to be the band’s go to when promoting the album and with good reason. In fact, more than a few songs are haunting and will stick with you throughout your day. But, still delivers a lot of heavy stuff to be proud of. Where Rust stayed very true to what I consider to be the sound of Crashdïet, this ventures a tad for sure. Instead of more crunching guitars and screaming vocals, there are a lot of very Euro power metal inspired hooks here which might be refreshing to some but are disappointing to me. This album, the second with new vocalist Gabriel Keyes, sees the band take their hashtag #sleazemetal in a little bit of a different direction - at least, a little bit. And, good things, more or less, have come wrapped in plastic! The old expression is, “Good things come to those who wait.” Well, wait we did. So, a full calendar month after the rest of the world got theirs, we got to check out the new release from one of Sweden’s biggest sleaze metal bands. While the album was out at the end of April officially, in the US only got theirs in on May 27th. Crashdïet‘s new album Automaton is on a new label for the band and I would not rank them overly high on how they distributed this disc. ![]()
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