Produced by Adde and Martin Sandvik
Released: 2007
The sleaze and glam metal scene of the mid to late 1980s ranks as one of rock's most maligned and is also therefore one of many music fans' guilty pleasures. Whether you're an acknowledged fan or a secretive one, a long-timer or a newcomer, trying to find a worthy sleaze album is a difficult thing these days, with both the old guard and the new school often disappointing or showing us why the whole thing fell on its face in the first place. Hardcore Superstar is one of the band that walks the walk and talks the talk properly, and on album number five they have outdone themselves, really nailing the sound they've been working towards for many years now.
Having evolved from a punkish pop-metal style back at the beginning of the decade, this bunch of Swedish tattooed loveboys really take the sleaze metal cake on Dreamin' in a Casket. Whether you're looking for straight-down-the-line hard rocking or a big singalong chorus hook, Hardcore Superstar delivers both in spades. The album opens with a killer triple punch of "Need No Company", "Medicate Me" and the title track and doesn't let up from there, locking onto the throat with a massive drum sound and surprisingly heavy and aggressive guitars. "Wake Up Dead in a Garbage Can" and "Sophisicated Ladies" are the embodiment of pure gutter sleaze rock n roll, both with a hint of self-deprecating humour that does them a huge favour. Built around what sounds like a recycled and heavied-up ZZ Top riff, "Sensitive to the Light" kicks all kinds of butt and "No Resistance" is just a complete balls-out attack. With no pause for a ballad or even a slower track, Hardcore Superstar simply oozes a street-level intensity but delivers it with a flawless modern production.
This is a ripper album of sleaze and energy that should please almost anyone who just wants to rock out. Just killer.
- Need No Company
- Medicate Me
- Dreamin' in a Casket
- Silence for the Peacefully
- Sophisticated Ladies
- Wake Up Dead in a Garbage Can
- Spreadin' the News
- This is for the Mentally Deranged
- Sensitive to the Light
- Lesson in Violence
- Sorry for the Shape I'm In
- No Resistance
Rating: 89%
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