Lordi - Scare Force One (CD Review)

01.SCG7: Arm Your Doors And Cross Check
02.Scare Force One
03.How To Slice A Whore
04.Hell Sent In The Clowns
05.House Of Ghosts
06.Monster Is My Name
07.Cadaver Lover
08.Amen’s Lament To Ra II
09.Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein
10.The United Rocking Dead
11.She’s A Demon
12.Hella’s Kitchen
13.Sir, Mr.Presideath, Sir!


Mr.Lordi (Vocals)
Amen (Guitars)
Ox (Bass)
Hella (Keyboards)
Mana (Drums)

According to Mr. Lordi the material on the new record is more experimental than before. It’s not a theme or concept record, per se, but there is a red thread that runs through the songs.

”The overall sound of the band is more modern, too, and we’ve tried out some new tricks here and there. The basic Lordi building blocks are still present, so there’s no shortage of melodic hooks in the songs"

Lordi’s last two albums were made in Nashville under the watchful eye of legendary producer Michael Wagener. This time the band wanted to do it differently and recorded the album with Finnish veteran producer Mikko Karmila.

So another album and another intro which goes straight into the first song, so why set it out as track 1 in the first place??

'Scare Force One' doesn't exactly blow the speakers, its fairly typical Lordi, melodic middle of the road rock.

While 'How To Slice A Whore' may pick up the pace, the rough vocals grate and the music remains average.

The rest of the album goes nowhere at all, so much for wanting to make a "Different" album, only the single 'Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein' has any real merit with its take on Wednesday 13's horror rock.
This is not and will never be an album a brilliant as 'The Monster Show', strikes me that for all the talk they are doing what many bands do and just "do enough" to get by.
Scare Force One remains stuck on the runway with little chance of ever taking off.

Rating 7/10
For fans of: Wednesday 13, Alice Cooper, Kiss, GWAR

Lordi - Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein (Single Review)

01.Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein

Mr.Lordi (Vocals)

Amen (Guitar)

Ox (Bass)

Hella (Keyboards)

Mana (Drums)

Mr.Lordi, the captain of Scare Force One, and his crew are once again ready for take-off. The plane has been fuelled, the seat belts are malfunctioning and you can look forward to a solid hour of pure turbulence when the new album sees the light of day on November 3rd. “Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein” is the first single and has jetted off to stores and onto the airwaves this week.

According to Mr. Lordi the material on the new record is more experimental than before. It’s not a theme or concept record, per se, but there is a red thread that runs through the songs.

Says Mr Lordi of the album, “The overall sound of the band is more modern too I think, and we’ve tried out some new tricks here and there. But, the basic Lordi building blocks are still present, so there’s no shortage of melodic hooks in the songs. The first single, “Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein”, is really quite representative of where the band is right now.”

In addition to its sound, the band has also tweaked its outward appearance. The new costumes, designed and built by Mr. Lordi, will be debuted at the record release show.

“I just really wanted to make the band’s colour scheme more unified than it has been and I think it worked out quite nicely. Hella and Mana have probably changed the most, what with the trip to the hair salon for a new dye job, but I think they look really great.”

“We wanted to make this record in Finland, with a Finnish producer,” says Mr. Lordi. “We finally managed to get Mikko to work with us, which is great. Mikko has come up as a potential producer for the band on several previous occasions, but it just wasn’t possible before. We’ve had no reason to regret this decision up ‘til now and are extremely happy with the album.”

“Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein” is out now and “Scare Force One” is released here November 3rd.

So the new single, well its a lot rawer than previous stuff, not as melodic and anthemic.
Has a chunky guitar riff and a keyboard hook that cuts through the mix, catchy chorus as expected and some inspired "rocky horror" style female backing vocals, throw in a short but blistering guitar solo.
You know this could almost be Wednesday 13 from a few years back.
So Mr.Lordi and crew are back, hell yeah!!!!

Rating 10/10
For Fans Of: Wednesday 13, Misfits, GWAR, Alice Cooper