Hellyeah - Blood For Blood

Published July 23 2014

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Genre	Heavy Metal	Chad Gray	Vocals
Tracks	10	Tom Maxwell	Guitar
Running time	39 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Eleven Seven Music/ADA Nordic	Kyle Sanders	Bass
Release	10 June 2014	Vinnie Paul	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Kevin Churko
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Hellyeah's new album Blood For Blood instantly feels rougher and cooler than what the band's latest effort Band Of Brothers did. It's also without shortcuts to find easy ways out and I think that this unit has taken a huge step forward in terms of the songs' capacity and accuracy. In comparison with the predecessor, which I thought was decent at best, this release feels nearly as a total success. There are some basis in the band's performance naturally and even though many elements are somehow reminiscent of earlier work, I feel that the band has stepped up to a level where things get more interesting.

The album contains a good and solid groove all throughout, it feels a little more aggressive in the appearance, the riffing is more precisely decisive and the totality comes out heavy hitting. Also add that the actual songs in general are way better and more captivating. This fourth album from Hellyeah may seem, despite two semi-ballads and songs with different approaches, a bit repetitive with a fairly modern and American orientation, but perhaps nothing else was expected either and with this release it's mostly a non issue, due to its satisfactory end result.

They seem to have targeted the positions with conviction and even if Kevin Churko is in the producer's seat, this album includes a rather respectable sound picture, intended to fit this tearing experience. I sometimes think that his works don't come out reliable and I sometimes get the feeling that he instead often solely creates what he wants to have, including co-writing, but with Blood For Blood I sense more validity in the end. This release comes out strong, reactivated and up-to-date to me and I frankly couldn't even remotely see this outcome when I decided to give it a shot earlier this summer. 7 chalices to this energetic accomplishment.