We have been anxiously awaiting the release of Rockers Switchblade Serenade new album, “Alive at Night”. HOT DAMN! It was definitely an album worth waiting for. It is a complete full on ROCK n ROLL album that will soon become one of your favorites. “Alive at Night” was produced, mixed, and mastered by Nick Bellmore (Drummer of Toxic Holocaust and Kingdom Of Sorrow) at Dexter’s Lab Recording Studio You can pick it up NOW on Itunes here.
The first song is the title track, “Alive at Night” and starts right off with their energetic rock, bad ass chorus and amazing guitar work. It is a great anthemic rock song.
You also have their single we previously shared with you, “Who Are You?” Bassist Ed Mandevil told us more about the song, “The song is about asking the listener who they really are. There are so many fakes and phoneys out there and we’re a bit tire of it!” The song has a bad ass bass intro, vocals are edgy yet mysterious, love the backing vocals, great guitar solo and rockin drums! Check it out again here:
Mouthful of Dirt has a slamming bassline that sets the perfect tone for the rockin song along with a catchy chorus. You can’t help but rock out and we clearly all need more rock n roll in our lives!
Another favorite of mine is On The Run and has one of the coolest band chants reminiscent of 80’s style stadium chants. It has a sweet guitar solo and thunderous drums that deliver a kick. It FUCKIN ROCKS!!
Perfect Sin starts off with a Metallica style and feeds you a bit of thrash in there. It also features some devilish guitar tapping. I love that Switchblade Serenade can truly take a bit of all their musical influences and bring them to life perfectly in their own music. Check out the song here:
Drive Me Insane is another one that I can’t get out of my head. This song has an incredibly fierce guitar solo by Austin, along with precision drumming and edgy vocals that bring this song to the forefront.
If you are like me and have been waiting for some old school rock n roll being brought to life by the new younger generation, then Axe to Grind is the answer to our prayers. I love the bad ass bassline by Ed during the smoking guitar solo. These three guys form together a big stadium rock sound that you have to hear!
Full Throttle takes it a bit heavier with some faster double bass drums as well as guitars on the intro. Luke on the drums is a madman on this song, excellent work!!! Once again, Austin treats you to an awesome solo.
Switchblade Serenade brings back the great Motley Crue/Ratt style intros in The Ritual that I miss. It almost has a darker edge to the song which gets highlighted by the deeper vocals. There is not a song on this album that I don’t love.
From start to finish, it is an album to have. It has catchy choruses, kick ass guitar solos, pounding drums, harmonic basslines, strong vocals, melodic chants, and everything you want in a rock n roll album. So get ready and pick up your copy on Itunes here.
Switchblade Serenade is Austin Jaser on Guitar and Lead Vocals, Luke Barone on Drums and Vocals and Ed Mandevil on Bass and Vocals. These three young guys bring a great big sound that you have to take notice of. They are from New Haven, CT and you can definitely feel their musical influences such as Skid Row, Guns n Roses and Motley Crue come to life in their tunes.
~ Marisol
Information & Links:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwitchbladeSerenadeOfficial
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwitchbladeSere
- Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/switchblade-serenade/id635980531
- Twitter for Austin Jaser: https://twitter.com/AustinJaser
- Twitter for Luke Barone: https://twitter.com/Luke_Barone
- Twitter for Ed Mandevil: https://twitter.com/EdManDevil
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/switchbladeserenade
- Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSSRnR
Damn good album.Best example of dirty aggressive sleaze i heard since the first L.A.Guns.Early masterpiece of a yound band with a hopefully glorious future.