Band : Waltari

Album Title : The Second Decade - In The Cradle

Label : Drakkar Records

Distributor : Suburban Records

Release Date : 16/12/2008

Release : CD

In Finland the band has a high status, outside of Finland their popularity is declining. It’s a little bit like The 69 Eyes and they even sound like them. They play a mix of metal, folk, hip hop and gothic. With this so called ‘best of’ record’ they give everyone the opportunity to get to know the band. Most of the songs have been taken from the records they have released since 1999. The stuff before is not on the record, that's why they called this album The Second Decade”. Some songs are all right such as the heavy guitar sounded song “Get Stamped” but people are not expecting radio versions or radio edits of songs on this album. The last three songs are unplugged sessions somewhere in Finland. With the exception of the up tempo song "In The Cradle" there are no new songs on it. Most of the songs are unnecessary such as “Life Without Love”, a remix of ex-Faith No More bass player Billy Gould. This probably last album is very mediocre and only the fans will enjoy this unlucky release.

68/100

Guido Claes.