Produced by Fredrik Nordström and Patrik Sten
Released: 2005
If you thought the last few Ozzy Osbourne albums were a bit wanting (and, let's face it, who doesn't?) then Hellfueled could be the panacea you've been seeking. With their third album, this Swedish quartet lays down the sort of stuff that the Ozzman was doing in the 1980s when he still had a fire in his belly and his albums still had decent songs on them.
Born II Rock is eleven tracks of pure heavy metal joy, with a singer in Andy Alkman who sounds so much like Ozzy Osbourne that the only thing that really sets them apart from the man himself is better songs and the lack of extended guitar shredding. Jocke Lundren is no Wylde or Rhoads in the lead guitar stakes, but he certainly knows how to crank out a mighty fine headbanging riff. Production comes courtesy of the killer team of Fredrik Nordström and Patrik Sten, so you just know this is going to sound amazing and I challenge anyone to listen to this for more than a couple of minutes and not find themselves rocking along to it the way you did when you first heard Blizzard of Ozz. With a nice tight playing time of just under 40 minutes, not a moment is wasted and it hangs around just long enough for you to want to play it again immediately.
This is the perfect album to chuck on when you just want to get down and rock out, and there's nothing wrong with that now and again, is there?
- Can't Get Enough
- Regain the Crown
- Look Out
- Friend
- Born to Rock
- Old
- Girls Girls
- On the Run
- Angel
- Make it Home
- I Don't Care
Rating: 88%
