LOVE METAL
Ever since
Gorilla got back from Waldrock (a trip that SHOULD have been mine, but I had a few...ummm... 'problems' waking up that morning), he's been in his cage, jumping and thumping to
Love Metal, the fourth, and latest disc from Finnish (them's from Finland) rockheads H.I.M.
The other day, while Gorilla was being sedated for his daily bath (it's more like a hosing-down, actually...no one wants to get too close to the fucker), I grabbed his discman and swiped his
Love Metal disc....just so I could see what all the hooey was about.
You know, Gorilla could have easily ripped my gangly, tattooed ass to shreds if he busted me stealing his shit, but after listening to a few tracks off this new H.I.M. disc, I'm glad I took the chance.
Hoo boy, this is the kind of music that you don't have to get drunk or stoned to in order to start jamming your head back-and-forth to it (of course, no one's saying you CAN'T get sloshed while listening... you just don't NEED to). The first track "Buried Alive By Love" makes me air-guitar and bang my head every fucking time I hear it. It's drive-fast-kick-down-your-neighbor's-door-and-take-a-crap-on-their-doorstep, medlodic crunch rock. Very hummable, very hooky, and symbolic of a band who busted their German asses to make a record.
The band plays to HUGE crowds overseas (like a lot of my bros in the hard rock biz.), but if they ever tour stateside, chances are you're going to be one of about 400 people who shows up to catch them at some shit-hole nightclub that's one pyro bomb away from killing a hundred people (sorry Great White).
Love Metal is a great disc...especially from a bunch of guys from friggin' Finland. Hoo boy, I'm gonna go listen again.
