The Carburetors-Laughing in the Face of Death-2015-KLV

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The Carburetors - Fast Forward Rock'n'Roll

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Artist : The Carburetors
Album : Laughing in the Face of Death
Genre : Hard Rock
Year : 2015
Label : Steamhammer
Cat# : SPV 269372 CD
Source : CDDA
Bitrate : avg. 261kbps
Size : 73,01 MB
Runtime : 39:05
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01. Hellfire 03:49
02. Lords of Thunder 03:30
03. Don't Touch the Flame 03:21
04. (Find the Man Who Turned) Water into Wine 03:11
05. Blood for Blood 04:04
06. The Undertaker 03:19
07. The Wolves Are Gonna Howl Tonight 03:44
08. Bullet 03:17
09. Days of Metal 03:08
10. Shot Full of Noise 03:44
11. (Tonight We're Gonna) Die Like Heroes 03:58

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Norwegian hard rock 'n' roll here - an equal love for AC/DC as
Motrhead, plus some early roots of 50's rock thrown in for
good measure. "Laughing in the Face of Death" is as pure to
the original intent of rock music as one can expect - the
angst, the rebellion, the energy, the catchiness, the hope
that you can safely get your feeling out in a proper manner
safely. Eddie Guz possesses prime time charm and oozes front
man machismo on winning tracks like "Hellfire", Ramones-
oriented "Water into Wine", and motorcycle running "Bullet" -
the latter featuring some serious guitar hero break action
from Kai Kidd and Stian Krogh.

The Carburetors remember the days of Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee
Lewis in "Shot Full Of Noise", a lot of the slide guitar and
four on the floor rhythmic elements sure to get the audiences
clapping and dancing in the aisles. This is a quintet who wear
their leather as a badge of honor, a gang intent on
entertaining at any and all costs. 'Rolling with the girls/
rocking with the boys' is their mantra - never overthinking
the hooks or songwriting. Sure reference points can be obvious
on certain cuts - a little Judas Priest on "Blood for Blood"
just one example of taking the "Grinder" main hook to make it
more of their own - but in the end The Carburetors win me over
because of their simplistic execution.

My second go around with the band ("Rock 'n' Roll Forever" in
2008 another winner), "Laughing in the Face of Death" will
give you a history lesson on hard rock and punk while
containing the choruses and hooks that keep you swinging for
years.

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