The Vladimirs are dark and heavy like a beatnik, y’all. While “She’s Been Worshipping the Devil” is one of the funniest death-rock moments since, well, ever.
Ric Ocasek did a good job producing, but he rounded off too many edges. The band’s left somewhere between Sugarcult and OK GO with Exploding Hearts’ wardrobe.
Well-played and aggressive as shit punk with the intensity of ’80s hardcore and something that’s distinctively their own. Only three songs apiece here.
Germany’s charmed leprechaun rockers return by half measures to a bit racier power metalizing, taking heed of reaction to Night At The Opera as too cinematic.
Someone made a radio-friendly Black Label Society by toning down the aggression, lowering the metal, throwing in big hooks, and prettying up the fellas.