By the way: most of the songs tell the story of different wild west legends from fictive and also from real persons. The record starts with an intro that will take you back to a time where Cowboys and Indians ruled the land, very cool and interesting. And this is the same with Volbeat – they add to most songs a great wild west feeling and this sounds special and unique to me. Also I like it very much when metal bands give their sound a special note, for example Elvenking with their folk elements.
This whole concept sounds quite fresh to me, because all these elements fit together perfectly. Volbeat play a mixture of metal in the vein of Metallica, traditional Hard Rock, Country, Blues, old time Rock’n’Roll (Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash) and for sure – modern rock. I can’t and won’t compare it with their previous stuff.
The good thing is: I can review this album in a more objective way. So the whole career of these guys passed me by … until now. Volbeat sounds like a dance act and later I thought they would do just modern/alternative rock, which I really don’t like. For sure, the band name was familiar to me, but I never listened to one of their albums. Yeah, I’m a little bit late with this album, but I’ve to say I didn’t know this band before. Read my opinion on the whole album below. When I look at some reviews-ratings it seems like this album has raised some controversy Some say it’s too commercial, but I think commercial doesn’t always mean it’s bad. The Danish metal band VOLBEAT are back with their fifth studio album “Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies”.
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