Customer Reviews

Born in Hell

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Its good to see that there is still some good metal being made out there.

This is a pretty good CD and worth buying. The guitar work is really, really strong. It reminds me of Brand New Sin, but the vocals are mot really there. The vocal style is like Iron Maiden or older 80/90's style rock. There are a lot of people who like that so I don't mean that in a bad way . . . just that for me (my ear) . . . been there done that. If there were anything that I would change about this CD it would be the vocals. I will definitely keep the CD in my collection and for very sure will be listening to it. As for the songs . . .

tracks 1 - 5, 8 and 9 are all VERY solid. I rated them 4 out of 5 stars, primaryly based on the guitar work and tempo of the songs. They are all hard rock or metal in nature.

Track 7, Beers, Drugs and Bitches is my favorite. Very strong song getting the rare 5/5 stars rating. Again great guitars, with a lot of what I call the new hard rock or metal sound.

If you are familiar with Brand New Sin and like them you will probably like this band too. If you don't have BNS yet I would check them out before buying this one. However this is also a very solid CD and I also recommend checking it out. Older bands I like include Metallica, Ozzy, AC/DC, GNR, etc. . . just to level set you.

As my title states, this album has been done before. Sure it's fun to listen to booze-laden rock and roll from time to time, but odds are you own this album already under a different bands name.

First time I heard this album I automatically thought of Pumpjack. For those that don't know, Pumpjack goes back a few years and I'd have to think were the first ones to come out with albums like this one. Granted they never signed the big record deal, but once you heard 'em, it was good enough. Think of Kiss with downtuned guitars and scruffy vocals and you'll get Viking Skull. It's an overall fun album to put on if you're in the mood to get in the car and drive to a football game or concert, but believe me, there's bigger and better out there from a Souther/Stoner Metal standpoint.

On the positive side, the band has a hilarious name, and the music is just good meat-and-potatos old-school hard rock. However, the singer may be one of the worst in the business. He sounds like he is gargling and doesn't realize somebody turned on the microphone. This band could be pretty decent if they'd get a singer who wasn't trying to snork a big rubbery luggie while singing each song.