Band : Monstertone
Album title : Thrills, Pills And Kills
Label : Will Riff For Food
Distributor : Clearspot
Release date : 2010
Review : CD

After their debut Monstertone Dutch based heavy rock ’n’ roll outfit Monstertone are finally back, this time with their second full length titled Thrills, Pills And Kills.

I guess they’re into the stoner- and classic rock sounds in fairly equal doses, and this CD lives up to each. All the trademarks are here. Ringing harmonies, hook-heavy riffs and driving rhythms. The boogie riffs are there, and so is the C.O.C./AC/DC/Ted Nugent-ish grooviness, wrapped in a solid production. Yeah, the songs are good, but they all follow the same formula and as the record goes on it starts to get a bit boring. Vocalist Jeff Van Dokum has a hit or miss voice that does not really have the charisma or range to carry an entire disc with so many songs.

Thrills, pills and kills without thrills, pills and kills

78/100

Cosmicmasseur.