Lordi - To Beast Or Not To Beast

Published February 28 2013

*=Staff's pick	We're Not Bad For The Kids (We're Worse) I Luv Ugly The Riff Something Wicked This Way Comes I'm The Best Horrifiction Happy New Fear Schizo Doll* Candy For The Cannibal Sincerely With Love* SCG6 Otus Butcher Clinic

Genre	Hard Rock/Heavy Metal	Mr. Lordi	Vocals
Tracks	11	Amen	Guitar
Running time	43 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Ox	Bass
Release	01 March 2013	Mana	Drums
Country	Finland	Hella	Keyboard
Producer	Michael Wagener
Similar artists	---

Sixth album from Finland's Mr. Lordi and his group of monsters. I remember when I first heard this band's debut album, Get Heavy, as I instantly found their music attractive. Now, just over a decade later, with all lineup changes in their history and no matter what monsters who stands behind the frontman, this band still produces somewhat the same, and my interest for their creations have slowly decreased along the road.

Lordi still plays rather catchy and easy digested hard rock with elements of heavy metal and Mr. Lordi seems to be stuck in one square, as this album doesn't differ the least from their past releases. The songs aren't particularly bad, but on the other hand, they don't attract my senses either. A couple of good songs and a bunch of decent ones, just about sum things up.

Heavy riffing Schizo Doll and Sincerely With Love with its explicit lyrical contents are in my opinion the two best songs. The tribute to late drummer Otus must be the worst of its kind. A totally stinking drum solo / noise is what we get to his memory. Was this really the best recording available? The chorus lines of Candy For The Cannibal are so bad that I want to cover my head in the sand.

If you dig this band's previous albums, I'm certain you'll find this release satisfactory as well. If you're not familiar with their music, I suggest you listen to their debut to begin with. 4 chalices to an album that won't go down in history as one of their best.

See also review of: Scare Force One , Deadache , The Arockalypse

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	3	6	5	4

Summary
4 chalices of 10 - Tobbe