Bulletrain\u2019s \u201cWhat You Fear The Most\u201d seems like a perfect case study concerning the similarities and differences between Sleaze Metal and Glam Metal. Both are very similar in respect to their music, but Sleaze Metal is obviously less about make-up and much more about its aggressive underdog attitude. And that is where Bulletrain found their musical home. It is therefore not very surprising that the album is dominated by clear vocals, guitar riffs and guitar solos, a good deal of melody and a very underdog-like attitude.<\/p>\n
The ride begins with the first song \u201cMemory Lane\u201d that sets the mood for the rest of the album. Heavy Metal infused Hard Rock that gets you going down the lane right away! After that you get taste of how Bulletrain interprets Sleaze Metal\u2019s underdog attitude with \u201cLove Lies\u201d. Aggressive, wild, negative in its attitude with quite a bit of self-pity thrown in. \u201cLove\u201d seems to be a difficult subject for the band anyway. It is always depicted as something dangerous (\u201cCan\u2019t Get Away\u201d) that draws you near only to hurt and to possibly destroy you.<\/p>\n
True solace can obviously only be found in the company of *male* friends, or should I say *wolfpack* (\u201cFight With Me\u201d)? Think Fight Club gone Sleaze Metal. The next song \u201cWe Salute You\u201d strengthens the impression that there is a certain warrior attitude, or maybe blackguard attitude about Bulletrain. Aggressive lyrics, a mean guitar, overall a rock n\u2019roll attitude, pretty much what you would expect. Bulletrain are not alone there, of course. You can certainly find it in many Power Metal bands, but also in many other Metal sub-genres. This here is \u201cjust\u201d the Sleaze Metal version.<\/p>\n
And yes, that is what Bulletrain seems to be all about. Aggression, hunger for life, an underdog attitude and obviously Heavy Metal infused Hard Rock, aka Sleaze Metal! At times the band becomes a bit whiny (\u201cWet Tired and Lonely\u201d), other times the band becomes the perpetrator (\u201cWhat You Fear The Most\u201d), but everything is coherent, even the seemingly contradictions. Life is tough, love is a battlefield, sometimes the female gender is out to hurt you, sometimes it you who is out to hurt the female gender and true friendship can only be found amongst your fellow (male) wolves. So no, this album is not exactly an epiphany in the fight for gender equality, but it is definitely a great Sleaze Metal album! 8 devils!<\/p>\n
Track list:<\/strong><\/p>\n Playing time:<\/strong> \u00a042:06<\/p>\n Release date:<\/strong> 23rd<\/sup> September<\/p>\n Label:<\/strong> Germusica<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> \u00a0Bulletrain (Facebook)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bulletrain\u2019s \u201cWhat You Fear The Most\u201d seems like a perfect case study concerning the similarities and differences between Sleaze Metal and Glam Metal. Both are very similar in respect to their music, but Sleaze Metal [Read \u00bb]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1633,6,1522],"class_list":{"0":"post-11141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews","8":"tag-bulletrain","9":"tag-heavy-metal","10":"tag-sleaze-metal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11146,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11141\/revisions\/11146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n