 
Aussie rockers Massive released debut album ‘Full
Throttle’ independently in Australia back
in 2013 and after gaining interest in the UK and
the rest of the world the band are about to re-release
the album in Australia and also release it across
the world for the very first time with 4 extra
tracks which happens to be 2 brand new tracks
as well as a cover of AC/DC’s ‘If
You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)’ and
Aerosmith’s ‘Rats In The Cellar’.
I first came across Massive a couple of months
ago when I logged onto the Google play store and
they had the bands ‘Full Throttle’
album as a free download with a little write up
saying that they are the next big rock act to
come out of Australia so I instantly downloaded
the album and as soon as I heard the huge anthemic
opening track ‘One By One’ I just
knew that Massive were on the right tracks to
success.
‘Full Throttle’ opens with a double
whammy of hard hitting sleazy rock n’ roll
tracks as Massive blast their way through ‘One
By One’ and ‘Hollywood’, the
opener ‘One By One’ is bouncy as hell
and has a huge chorus with chant-a-long style
backing shouts of “One By One”, trust
me the song in insanely good and instantly reminds
you of the other big Aussie rockers AC/DC and
Airbourne, whilst ‘Hollywood’ is a
fast and furious anthem so similar to those that
Black Stone Cherry have been writing for years
where the guitars are insanely fast and drums
are pounding.
‘Big Trend Setter’ see’s the
band loose the fast pace and immense adrenaline
that was featured in the opening couple of tracks
as they go down a more stadium rock route with
Brad Marr laying down some huge vocals with the
rest of the band coming in for massive shout out
gang vocals.
‘Dancefloor’ has future single written
all over it and is easily the most exciting track
on the album and really is the kind of track which
will have you busting your groove on the dance
floor or jumping around like a complete loon as
these massive rock meets dance sounds blast their
way out of the speaker with Brad Marr shouting
“Jump” as the infectious chorus kicks
in which is soon followed up by an ever so tasty
sounding guitar solo.
‘Lacey’ has a real old skool feel
about it like something from the 80’s when
Guns N Roses, Poison, Motley Crue and Hanoi Rocks
were at the top of the rock scene and as soon
as the chorus kicks in you will find yourself
throwing your fists or horns in the air with such
force as the chorus hits at such speed with so
much rock credibility.
The album closes with the album title track ‘Full
Throttle’ and it opens with massive basslines
which reminds me of the work of John Paul Jones
from Led Zepplin and Them Crooked Vultures fame
and the bassline comes and goes throughout the
song whilst inbetween the rest of the band are
hard at work rocking out.
It is not every day you come across a newish band
as big and exciting as Massive but these guys
seriously are something special and it only seems
right that they decided to call their band Massive
and their debut album ‘Full Throttle’
as both names suits them ever so well as let’s
face it they have the potential to become massive
rock stars and their album is played at full throttle
as the sheer speed and passion of the album is
amazing.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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