Stuttgart’s infernal quartet HELLDORADOS is currently recording their new album at Atlantis Studios in Reutlingen, Germany. The new album, produced by the band and James Herter (FOOL’S GARDEN, BLUE NIGHT SHADOW) will be titled Lessons In Decay. Sven Samson Geiger (SCORPIONS, MOTÖRHEAD, SAXON) will take care of the mix and the mastering. The artwork was done by Timo Würz.
The old adage, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ probably best applies to Germany’s Helldorados and their second album, Lessons In Decay. This could be the second half of their debut album, or merely a collection of songs that didn’t make the cut. That’s not necessarily bad. Consistency is a good thing.
Helldorados Lessons In Decay Band Photo
Helldorados: lessons in weirdness.
Yet, if anything, listening to this album, I got the feeling that the Helldorado sound has become more polished. There was something rough, but neither raw or shoddy, about the first album. Some of that seemed to come from their latent nod to Eighties sleaze. Alternatively, while there’s definitely some heaviness and spark, the band sounds bright and shiny like rinsed every song in some sanitizer after recording.
01. Seven Deadly Sins
02. In For The Kill
03. By The Progress
04. The Devil Takes The Hindmost
05. Anytime, Anywhere
06. Let Us Play
07. Megalomaniac
08. Wake Up Dead
09. To Live Is To Die
10. Something Sweet
11. We Won’t Back Down
Pierre – Lead Vocals
Gunnar – Bass
Steve – Guitars
Chris – Drums