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Swiss
band Krokus was formed back in 1974 but it wasn’t until the year 1982
and the album
“One Vice at a Time” that I had my first encounter with them. Tracks
like “Long Stick goes Boom”, “Down the Drain” and especially
“Playin’ the Outlaw” took me by surprise
and from that point I called myself a fan of Krokus.
Some
claims that Krokus is nothing more than an AC/DC clone but to me Krokus
is so
much more. On the album “Headhunter” (1983) Krokus are more Metal
orientated. On
“The Blitz” (1984) Krokus goes “Pop-Metal” and “Change of Address”
from 1986 is without
discussion their most melodic album to this date while “Rock the Block”
(2003) is
very, very close to the sound and style of AC/DC.
And
now back to their brand new release “Hellraiser”. This album sums
everything up what
Krokus stands for. 14 tracks of with everything from Melodic Rock, AC/DC-like
rockers
to Metal. I do think that there’s something for every Krokus-fan here
on this album.
My favourite tracks could very well be; Album opener and title-track “Hellraiser”,
“No
Risk no Gain” and the two up-tempo tracks, “Spirit of the Night”
and album-closer, “Rocks
off”.
Krokus
fans doesn’t go wrong here, so check “Hellraiser” out when it hit
the stores in a few
days.
Recommended
tracks: See above.
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