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Sleaze metal is back! Now Sweden is where the bands come from, it's the new wave of Swedish sleaze - and Crazy Lixx were among the forerunners of this movement. They play groovy hard rock spiced up with some sleaze.
Crazy Lixx was founded in 2002 in Malmö and in late 2007 their debut Loud Minority was released, now they are back with New Religion. The band of singer Danny Rexon play a lot live and actually that what this music is made for. And producer Chris Laney did a great job - again.
The opener Rock And A Hard Place shows that the Swedish foursome can keep up with the bands which inspired them. Okay, My Medicine sounds familiar, it's on the tip of my tongue... Anyway, the song is pure fun. Just enjoy songs like 21 'Til I Die and The Witching Hour. The later is a heavy rocker which reminds me of Spread Eagle, anybody remembering the New Yorkers? The balladesque rocker Blame It On Love shows Dany Rexon's expressive vocals and 80's backing vocals. With acoustic guitar they start Children Of The Cross, but then the song becomes a catchy rocker. With What Of Our Love you get a power ballad, so what more can you ask for? The short interlude Desert Bloom is taking you down South and leads you into Voodoo Woman, the closer. Voodoo Woman is a riff-based tune, another good-time-rocker!
Okay, Crazy Lixx might remind you of this or that band, but hell, just enjoy the music! They aren't copycates! Sure, there are similarities, but they create something new out of the ingredients.
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