{"id":9740,"date":"2012-06-15T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2012-06-21T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T05:54:36","slug":"angel-king-world-of-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/06\/angel-king-world-of-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel King – World Of Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“World Of Pain\u00a0shows that Angel King are more than adept at delivering some pretty hot sleaze rock songs, but just not a whole albums worth.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, when you come from Sweden as Angel King do and when you have the tag of glam\/sleaze rock, immediately the expectations of those from this corner of the world in Australia are sky high. That\u2019s unfair on bands that aren\u2019t the world dominating quality of the likes of Crashdiet, Hardcore Superstar or Sister for example\u2026but it\u2019s a fact of life. So by using that as an intro, I am probably setting up, YOU, the reader, into thinking that Angel King and their debut album falls well, well, well short of those standards? Well those are indeed massively high standards, but World Of Pain<\/em> shows that Angel King are more than adept at delivering some pretty hot sleaze rock songs, but just not a whole albums worth. If you heard them in isolation, tracks such as Living In The Wild Life<\/em>, Enemy<\/em> and Wasteland<\/em> would have you saying \u201cwho the fuck sings this?\u201d and reaching for your Shazam application to find out. Raw, bluesy, sleazy, hard rock is the order of the day, with lead singer Lazzy G sounding like he\u2019s swallowed a few razor blades in his time, a voice that kind of reminded me of a cross between Blackie Lawless (W.A.S.P), Ron Young (Little Caesar) and Skenie (The Poor) minus the Aussie accent of the latter of course! As a full album however, unfortunately a few too many plodding type numbers limit it\u2019s overall enjoyment. Speaking of enjoyment, I did enjoy the choice of band member names\u2026.Jack Vegas on guitars, Rock Boston on bass and Snake Denver on drums, but where\u2019s Rikki Chattanooga?<\/p>\n

For those that follow the whole Swedish sleaze scene or those who just have a love of raw 80\u2019s hard rock in general, Angel King are certainly worth checking out. Check out the preview below of one of the albums other catchier tracks and see what you think for yourself, it\u2019s Rock N Roll Doctor with a healthy dose of KISS!<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/span><\/h2>\n

For fans of:<\/strong> Swedish sleaze rock and raw 80\u2019s hard rock<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 18 May 2012<\/p>\n

Record label:<\/strong> Meantime Music<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> www.angelking.se<\/p>\n

Tracklisting:<\/strong>
\n01. Dangerous
\n02. World Of Pain
\n03. She Wants To Be Loved
\n04. Living The Wild Life
\n05. Enemy
\n06. Fahrenheit 541
\n07. Rock And Roll Doctor
\n08. Get Up
\n09. Wasteland
\n10. Last Generation<\/p>\n