People who accuse Finland’s national heroes Lordi of ripping off Gwar miss one important difference. With Lordi, underneath all that latex and and B-Movie horror imagery there’s a great rock and roll band who are capable of coming up with a whole album of decent songs. I’ve previously described their winning Eurovision entry ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah” as a cross between Rammstein and The Darkness, and the album is much in the same vein. It’s pure pop-metal, huge guitar riffs and massive singalong choruses. Bottom line, if you liked the Eurovision entry, you’ll like this album. Whether they’ll have as long and successful career as ABBA, or whether they’ll be the metal equivalent of Bucks Fizz remains to be seen.
