SPEEDTRAP — Straight Shooter (review)

SPEEDTRAP — Straight Shooter album cover Album · 2015 · Speed Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Genre: Speed metal

Following up on their debut album "Powerdose", one of Finland's premier speed metal bands - Speedtrap - released their sophomore full-length effort "Straight Shooter" in September of 2015.

They pretty much continue where they left off on the previous album. This means that the listener is treated to retro speed metal, drawing inspiration from the time before it branched into thrash metal and power metal. On other words, many of the songs sound like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest played at Motörhead speed. That said, this album is perhaps a tad more catchy than the predecessor, and there are probably more traces of traditional heavy metal as well than on "Powerdose". This does not mean that "Straight Shooter" is impotent at all, just let a track like 'Torches Ablaze' kick your little ass.

The production is rough around the edges, but in no way lo-fi, and the musicianship and songwriting skills are impeccable and characterized by professionalism. Of course, there is nothing original about the album, but you should not expect that from a band who set out to compose old school speed metal. Then again, one kind of original aspect is constituted by the vocals, which seem more inspired by Robert Plant and Eric Wagner. And you know what, speed metal with rock 'n' roll screams and throwback 70s rock vocals is fucking awesome.

Fans of speed metal and old school metal as such should definitely check out this fine album by Speedtrap.
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