VOLBEAT — Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie (review)

VOLBEAT — Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie album cover Album · 2016 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Kingcrimsonprog
Volbeat, the interesting Hard Rock/Metal/Country/Whatever-else hybrid band from Denmark, released their 6th studio album, Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie, in 2016. It is their second album with former Anthrax lead guitarist Rob Caggiano.

Whereas the previous album leaned a bit harder on the country twang, this album is a bit more polished, commercial and stadium rock sounding. It is a bit less eclectic but it is tight and focused. The production job is very big, befitting the band’s crowds size nowadays and the vocals sound stunning. It may not be the heaviest moment in their catalogue but it is pretty gigantic.

Other interesting things about the album include that it features two cover songs (‘Battleship Chains’ by Georgia Satellites and ‘Rebound’ by Teenage Bottlerocket) but to be honest if you didn’t know they were covers they would seem like originals. There is also the fact that you can get the one track in two versions, either in English as ‘The Bliss’ or with a Danish chorus and guest Danish singer Johan Olsen as ‘For Evigt’ depending on which version you buy.

Highlights include the catchy opener ‘The Devil’s Bleeding Crown’ which has the same sort of stadium stomp as Nickleback‘s ‘Burn It To The Ground’ and has such great vocals, especially the bit where Michael sings “Down, down, dooooown” …as well as the insanely good ‘Goodbye Forever’ which has such an enormous chorus hook and great backing vocals, and finally of course ‘The Loa’s Crossroad’ which has a great stoner-rock riff that could be on a The Sword album if it wanted to.

Its a remarkably consistent album and the kind of thing you can listen to over and over again. Its full of massive music for massive stages, with all the best things about polish and perfection without sounding contrived or overly simplistic. The album prior will probably always be my favourite as it was my introduction to the band, but this one is a superb follow up. It has inspired me to get more Volbeat and I heartily recommend it to anyone who likes rock music. You could like this if you were a Green Day fan, a Guns N' Roses fan or a Pantera fan. It covers so much ground its bound to please a very wide cross-section of fans. If like me you were late to the Volbeat party, I recommend you immediately rectify that, and then let’s boogie.
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