"Take an album full of monster metal riffs. Add a good dose
of 80s-style arena rock and hugely infectious, stadium-sized choruses
with harmonies to match. Blend with splatter movies, theatrics from
the Alice Cooper school of rock showmanship, and state-of-the-art pyrotechnics
and special effects. Spice with superhero comics and Kiss at their prime…
and you might get an idea what Lordi is all about." - from
www.drakkar.de. A bit pretentious ?
Well it's not ... because Lordi can be pretentious ! He can
be also f**king proud of his music because this is the next big thing.
Read my lips : the NEXT BIG THING. Rock 'n' roll is back. Thanks Lordi
!!!
The mastermind behind Lordi is the band’s vocalist and
songwriter, also known as Lordi or The Hulk of Hell. The other
members are :
- Amen, The Living Dead (guitar, vocals)
- Enary, Mistress Pain (keyboards, vocals)
- Kalma, Kalmageddon (bass, vocals)
- Kita, Jaws of Death (drums, vocals)
all of them wearing monstrous masks and looking somehow like Slipknot.
I am KO after the end of the first spin. Am I dreaming or what ???
It looks like Alice Cooper and Kiss have decided in secret
to create a jointed band. I simply don't believe what I have just listen
to. This Lordi is a genius songwriter. Only a die hard fan of
Kiss could have written such a music - Lordi seems to
be the president of the Kiss army in Finland for what I have read. Yeah,
a die-hard fan of Kiss - not to stay a die-hard fan of Paul Stanley
song-writing spirit - could record such a bombastic catchy heavy rock
album. I am smashed my dear readers. Where Andrew W.K. made some
noise with just one song, Lordi launches us 11 songs, where 4
or 5 of them are gonna be superhits. Just listen to the singles Would
You Love a Monsterman and Devil Is a Loser and you might
understand where are coming from all the excitements around Lordi’s
debut album Get Heavy.
The idea behind Lordi was born a decade ago, but it saw the light only
in summer 2002. Would You Love a Monsterman became a mega hit
in Lordi’s native Finland, topping both singles, airplay, video
charts and going gold in the process. Released on November 1st 2002
- who said Halloween ? - this rock 'n' roll album has been produced
by by T.T. Oksala (HIM, Apocalyptica) and mixed by Kevin Shirley (Iron
Maiden, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, the Black Crowes). “Rock music
has been really serious and boring for a long time. We want to make
rock entertaining again. That’s also why we wanted to make an album
which drives at full speed from start to finish. We’re too excited
to put in any boring bits”, said Lordi. Well my friends, since
Destroyer (Kiss) or Bark At The Moon (Ozzy),
I haven't heard such a fantastic heavy rock album. Two thumbs up for
this masterpiece rock 'n' roll rocket !!!
What can I say about Would You Love a Monsterman ? This is
a mixture of Kiss and Alice Cooper best songs. Simply
the best song I have heard since I Was Made For Loving You -
Kiss ... in case of. Gosh, this song is hunting me high and low,
days and nights. It can't leave my brain and I am about to become crazy
with this song - please chorus, get out of my head, get out now. And
I really recommend you to check the video of this song (bonus track)
which is really cool. Devil Is A Loser is another fantastic rock
song, where the lyrics could be interpreted as an enormous joke about
all these black metal bands and their satanic lyrics. What a catchy
and funny song :) These two songs are driving me crazy !!!!
I must also mention Get Heavy - with its Twisted Sister
touch - Rock The Hell Outta You - Kiss spirit - Icon
Of Dominance - reminding me the best ballad of Ozzy - Not
The Nicest Guy, Monster Monster or Last Kiss Goodbye - Alice
Cooper is back !!! - Dynamite Tonite or Hellbender Turbulence
- dance-metal à la Rammstein. I could also mention Meat
Loaf. If he wasn't for Biomechanic Man - why this song ?
- the quote would have been 100 !
"More than anything, we believe in strong melodies. If our
music reminds people of the 80s, it’s because of our combination
of hard rock and timeless tunes. In the past few years, strong melodies
have been pretty much absent from rock music. Maybe that’s the
reason it took so long to get the band off the ground. I had to wait
until the world was ready for Lordi”. I couldn't say it any
better. However, the most difficult task arrives now for Lordi
: confirm this atomic album ... with the famous second album :)
I am ready for Lordi and so will be the world very shortly.
These guys are announced at Wacken 2003 .... another excuse to go there
:)
Get Heavy has already reached the top 5 on the Finnish charts,
gone platinum, and spawned another big hit in Devil Is a Loser.
Judging from first reactions from international markets, it’s only
a question of time until the rest of the world falls, too. Remember
Kiss or Twisted Sister. This BAND is the next mega big
thing on earth. Don't miss them, jump on this record and be amongst
the first on this planet to discover the resurrection of Heavy Rock
!!!
Would You Love A Monster Man, Could You Understand The Beauty Of
The Beast ...
KISS can retire now :))