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The Hickey Underworld are a very noisy alternative
rock band from Antwerp, Belgium, I first come across
them when they released their ‘Mystery Bruise’
single, the song was a massive guitar driven song
that gave your ears a slight battering with the
chunky riffs but also provided to be a real listenable
rock anthem, I then saw the controversial video
for the follow up single ‘Blonde Fire’
which featured a man cutting up humans and animals
trying to put them back together and bring them
back to life, it may well of been a shocking video
but it was cleverly created and fitted in well with
the hard hitting song.
After two outstanding singles The Hickey Underworld
are ready to release their self titled debut album
and it is one hectic journey from start to finish,
the album opens with ‘Zero Hour’ the
song starts off with a massive jamming session
from the band where the guitar riffs are chunky,
the drumming is constant and heavy, whilst the
bass adds a bit of groove to the mix and it’s
not long before Younes Faltakh's droned yet strong
vocals come in, the song rotates from oozing with
rhythm to oozing with sheer noise.
The two singles ‘Mystery Bruise’
and ‘Blonde Fire’ are included on
the album and they still sound as good as they
did when they were first released as singles,
with ‘Mystery Bruise’ having that
slight heavier and catchy edge over ‘Blonde
Fire’.
‘Sick Of Boys’ is a pure noisy song
where the drumming really does take centre stage
and takes the song on a massive rocking journey,
Younes Faltakh’s vocals come across loud
and clear causing a major positive impact on the
song.
Vocally the best songs on the album are ‘Zorayda’
and ‘Blue World Order’ as Younes Faltakh’s
vocals come across so different than they do anywhere
else on the album, for example during ‘Blue
World Order’ his vocals are really soft
sounding and more like he is singing than shouting
along, whilst ‘Zorayda’ is quite similar
vocally but it leaves you thinking more as you
hear Younes Faltakh softly singing over crunching
guitar riffs.
If you like big guitar riffs and lots of jamming
then you are going to love The Hickey Underworld
as that is what they are all about and they jam
in such a big style, they have a big and loud
rock sound that is impossible to ignore and no
matter how good I think this debut album is, I
believe that The Hickey Underworld are a thousand
times better on the live circuit and I really
can’t wait to check that out for myself.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Younes Faltakh
Jonas Govaerts
Jimmy Wouters
Georgios Tsakiridis |
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1. Zero Hour
2. Sick Of Boys
3. Blonde Fire
4. Zoraydo
5. Future Words
6. Mystery Bruise
7. Of Asteroids And Men'. Plus Added Wizardry
8. Blue World Order
9. Flamen Corpse
10. VRMNSMR |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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