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Grab a bottle of beer, relax on your couch and spend some time getting rid off any frustrating thoughts; THE SCAMS is here to cast off your inhibitions with an album that smells like a Rock ‘n’ Roll fresh paint. The Sweds perform a style similar to BULLET, meaning they also incorporate AC/DC and KROKUS in their style but this time with some of the post-MOTÖRHEAD volume of THE HELLACOPTERSor Greece’s NIGHTSTALKER. It’s an amalgam of Rock n Roll with Hard Rock and street Metal, to give you an idea.
Clocking to something more than 35 minutes, “Bombs Away” sounds vintage at times and that’s the crucial point of difference between them and e.g. BULLET. The vocals have that ‘old epoch’ echo and the guitars remind me of a more hardrockin’ GRAND MAGUS style also. See, we found some other point of reference as well. The songlist itself is not outstanding; I do not know what kind of songs can surprise us anymore, to be honest. Yet, THE SCAMS do what they got to do in quite a fascinating way and they can put you in the mood quite easily without huge refrains or a monstrous production. They choose to play as fans and deliver their souls to what they’re doing; you can hear this fact in the CD’s grooves.
There’s a back-to-the-roots benefit for every band playing that style of music. Ok, it’s alright to evolve and develop, but hey, what’s wrong with just playing the music you like? No profit, no mass recognition, just plain joy and adrenaline to keep our engines roaring.THE SCAMS fits the role for this. Trust them.
7/10
Tracklist:
01. Thrill Is On
02. I’m Not Alone (Got Rock N Roll)
03. Heavy Load
04. Get Up And Move Along
05. Pour Me One More
06. Back In Hell
07. Bombs Away
08. Beaten Back To Life
09. End Of The Line
10. Ten Tons Of Steel