Thunderwood
"Turn it Up" CD
self-released
Genre: hard rock, metal
Calgary, AB
Dec 19, 2008 |
Rarely is a track listing organized alphabetically. But Thunderwood
love to rock and they aren't going to let premeditated song sequencing
get in the way of their lone prerogative. In fact, they even urge you
to turn it up. Although this record is a competent exercise in hard
rock, its caveat is a lack of inventiveness. There are many hard rock
bands out there, and most of the classic exemplars are ideologically
identical to Thunderwood - except better. The three guys in
charge of this band know how to play their instruments (to qualm your
bated breath: that's guitar, bass, and drums), and main man Blaine
Herda has a solid voice for a middle-aged
dude. These folks dig their Iron Maiden, but their songs lack
the melodic immediacy of their idols' resumes. Tracks like "Love
Forever" and "Will You Teach me to Fly?" are bland and generic;
despite this album's competence, it feels like one long lump of
homogeneous music rather than an individual and dynamic song-based
record. Only serious metalheads should check this one out.
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Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 10 tracks, distributed by
the band,
released 2007] |