Release
date: January 31st 2020. Label: Argonauta
Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Alcohodyssey
- Tracklisting
01
Lost in Space (feat. Kristallo)
02
Alcohodyssey part.1 (The space adventures of the hopshunters)
03
Die Alone
04
Sunday of Living Dead
05
Space Trumps
06
I want to believe
07
Alcohodyssey part.2 (The great escape from Bikini planet)
08
Steam Road
09
Interstellaris 0042
10
Flash Goldon (feat. Niko from Own Paw Thee Die)
11
Arcade Mood (feat. Kristallo)
Members
Tomi
Versetti – Vocals
Manu
Il Bello – Guitar/Vocals
Michael
Deon – Bass
Davide
Tonin – Drums
Review
Blutbad
new album Alcohodyssey is an wickedly entertaining romp that takes
influence from the realm of Science Fiction with their highly cool
take on all things Punk Rock/Stoner Metal. This is a band who don’t
take themselves too seriously with outlandish lyrics leading the way.
Opening
song – Lost In Space – is an Electronic/Stoner Rock hybrid song
with lo-fi production values with “B” movie material written all
over it. The quirky Electronic vocals are meant to imitate a Robot of
some kind. Maybe from the TV Series in question the song is named
after. The glitchy electronic sounds and beeps had me worried. As I
was thinking I couldn’t listen to an album full of these different
sounds. It would drive me insane. Though it’s quite a cool song to
open the album with.
Second
song – Alcohodyssey part.1 – opts for a more straight-forward
Sludge/Stoner Metal sound where the riffs are fast and precise. There
is a Motorhead sensibility within Blutbad’s sound that brings some
much needed aggression to the table. The lyrics yet again are
inspired by classic Science Fiction lore with the Lemmy inspired
vocals of Tomi providing a cool sounding story. The music is lively
and allows the band to play some superb riffs along the way.
Third
song – Die Alone – is another crazy Punk/Sludge/Stoner Metal
affair with the band taking influence from Kvelertak with their music
but sounding more vibrant and a lot more fun as well. The lyrics is
perhaps the best thing about this album. As the band are quite the
wordsmiths with their Sci-Fi inspired lyrics and matching them
against addictive heavy Sludge/Stoner grooves.
The
rest of the album follows the same crazy “B” movie inspired route
over eight more songs with Blutbad playing to their maximum
potential. The album never lets up with the band playing a faster
style of Punk/Sludge/Stoner Metal that can leave you breathless in
places. The production is good but there are moments where the album
sounds too raw at times but nothing major to stop you from enjoying
the whole wild ride the band have created here.
Other
good songs to check out are: Sunday Of Living Dead, Space Tramps, I
Want To Believe, Steam Road and Flash Goldon. As these songs show you
what’s so good about Blutbad. The energetic lyrics and heavy
sounding riffs have quite an inventive flair about them and it’s
good to hear a band playing to their strengths even if they’re
using Science Fiction Pop-Culture as their main influences.
If
you’re a fan of Red Fang, Motorhead and Valient Thorr then Blutbad
should be at the very top of your list for cool bands to check out
now.
Overall,
Alcohodyssey is an exciting and crazy album to listen to that has
something different to offer.
Words
by Steve Howe
You can see the video for their superb new song Flash Goldon from the upcoming new album.
Thanks
to Mona
at All Noir PR
for all of the details. Alcohodyssey will be available to buy on CD/DD via
Argonauta
Records
from Jan 31st
2020.
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