From the first chord blast of "The Crawler" you know damn well this isn't going to be lush piece to romance your girl to.In much the manner of Huevous Rancheros,the Grande Bois dole out no nonsense surf rock assault.The difference between HR and the GB is the guys from Finland are looking for blood at whatever cost. As if the Huevous Rancheros connection couldn't be stronger the distinctive twang on "Bottom Of The Wave" will certainly bludgeon my point across.Some seriously nasty yet fun guitar work.The western gallop seems to be to be the driving pulse behind the "Human Heart" along with a healthy dose of double picking vehemence.Things really start to get chaotic with the aptly titled "March Of The Undead Army".At first this track had me recalling Chicago's own Spies Who Surf jazzy surf styling ,but things soon turn dark when monstrous dialogue of a zombie takeover is revealed to the listener. Well paced and without a doubt conjures up a undead army like song tile says.With almost a downright deliberate espionage vibe "Stalker" is without a doubt my favorite track on this album. Starting off slow and mysterious then morphing into a sax fueled sleaze grinder ala The Fathoms,but wait things get weirder GuitarMan stomps onto what I can only assess as "monster guts getting squished" whatever the effect is it sounds uber cool and lends itself well to the song at hand. A welcomed surprise was to find out that the next song " Surf Party" wasn't the Astronauts surf classic.No disrespect to that song,but at this point in the game I prefer fresh new ideas whenever possible.This track probably won't blow the minds of surf guitar geeks across the globe with it's basic song structure,but most of the time simple works better.Sure the guitar work is wailing up a storm,I'm almost inclined to believe guitarist Korhonen has had a hard rock/metal background. This last statement is even more apparent with the Maiden-ish "Attack Of The Tentacles [They Are Coming!]" creepy and alarming with intense keyboard work by special guest Turkka "The Humanoid" Vuorinen. Wizardly guitar work,and viking chants make for a testosterone rush,and this one is literally spewing it all over place.If your waiting for the sun to come out you'll have put on a different record,because this album is grim and despicable from here on out.Mid tempo in pace "Harvester" plods along with deadly intent,sure the guitar playing sounds harmless at times,but unhinged reverb explosions slice and dice with accurate dismemberment.Ding! Dong! Who's there? Vroom! Vroom! the "Pyscho Loose" is bound to give you nightmares unless your the psycho.Probably the most intense powerful and hard driving track of the beast of a album. Possibly borrowing a little from Dick Dale's "Scalped" [maybe] "Pyscho" is as energetic as a serial killer in paradise.There is a amazing bonus track that I have decided to not review as to not give too much away.Let me just say this "It's Fucking Amazing!" If you don't want to buy this album as soon as possible,I have failed at my job here.If you took the bait like I planned I promise that you will not be disappointed.Check out the album preview below.
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