Label: Self Release
Review By: Alan Holloway
American band MF Ruckus are not trying to reinvent heavy
metal, and to be honest that’s not always a bad thing. There’s nothing wrong
with a good old metal album as long as it’s put together well and has a few killer
tunes to liven up your day. ‘Thieves Of Thunder’, the band’s first effort, isn’t
likely to blow anyone’s tiny little mind, but at least it’s not shit.
This is one of those albums that you can listen to several
times without getting too excited or even remembering the intricacies of any of
the songs (a weighty fifteen of ‘em here). It actually takes until the 11th
track ‘Gasoline (For My Party machine)’ for me to sit up and take notice,
mostly because it’s got a great, thundering intro with real pace and urgency. Elsewhere
there’s hints of southern rock (‘All My Heroes Are In Hell’), and plenty of old
school heavy metal, played well and backed up by a decent vocal job from Aaron
Howell. The only real problem is that fifteen tracks later you’ll be hard
pushed to remember anything about what you’ve just listened to.
‘Thieves Of Thunder’ is not a bad album, but nor is it a particularly
good one. In the end, it’s an average heavy metal album made by people who
obviously know what they’re doing. There’s no killer tracks, no hooks that stay
in your mind, nothing that you would drag your mates round to hear. I don’t
love it, I don’t hate it, but I doubt I will ever listen to it again. Sad, but
true.
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