I guess Adrenaline Mob needs no introduction as the heavy metal super-group has already made quite an impact. Formed by Mike Orlando, Russell Allen and Mike Portnoy in 2011, the band is soon to arrive with its third full-length album in the coming June 2nd entitled ‘We The People’, featuring some changes in the line-up. The drums and bass duties have been handled by Jordan Cannata and David Zablidowsky respectively.
The album begins with “King Of The Ring” and the track goes into the usual hard rock/heavy metal sound after a rather trippy intro. Russell’s voice still has the same raspy feel and the parts with the alternating main and backing vocals have been done very well. Next is the title track of the album and features a groovy riff with guitar harmonies. Russell has said that this song is a reflection upon the last election year of America; all of the songs in the album are somewhat reflections of the times that we are living in currently. The next song “The Killer Inside” is another powerful track talking about a killer who is disguised and attacks without warning. The long guitar solo has been placed perfectly with a nice build up to it.
“Bleeding Hands” is a bit softer and sounds like the early alternative rock bands, and the clean toned melodies playing alongside the riffs were really a treat to my ears.The fifth track begins with just a guitar and vocals section before the drums and bass kick in. The drumming has been executed very well by Cannata here, with the lightning fast double bass during the chorus parts and the guitar solo. “Till The Head Explodes” will literally make your head explode with the perfectly coordinated sheer musical brilliance. I’d definitely choose these two as my favorites from this record.
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“Raise ’em Up” moves away from the domain of social issues and politics to “having a good time, being free and loving rock ‘n’ roll”. “Ignorance & Greed” again returns to the political themes and “Blind Leading The Blind” is also a critical take on the ‘blind’ political leaders and their followers. This was in fact the first song that Orlando wrote for the album, and set the theme for it, too. The next three tracks are somewhat the same as the musical style of the rest of the album with the “Lords Of Thunder” having a Van Halen styled solo. Finally, the album concludes with a fantastic cover of Billy Idol’s classic “Rebel Yell”.
The mob rules again with this album. All songs are of very good compositions, each telling some kind of a story relevant to the modern world scenarios. Overall, this is one hell of a record!