Thunderor
Fire it Up

There is a lot of bands looking rearwards and copying rather than bringing new stuff to the table, Thunderor has a cover that in no way can be described as anything but derivative. Could it be from Painkiller, or any kind of biker rock album? Probably. It is the debut album of the band, but their cover looks like something you need to carbon date. The singer is apparently an avid biker, in case you wanted to know. But does this first album fire their career up? It starts like it is firing up anyway.

It is not original in anyway, quite derivative rock songs with inspirations quite obvious to any listener. The sound is dated, the songs typical of the style, the playing time is as well with nine tracks, the promo I had offered some radio edits as well, but that is very pointless and adds a flair of pointlessness to the album. I am not sure about the singer, he doesn’t have a great voice, but does it go well with these songs? I don’t know. I do know that when I was listening to this album for the first I got a sense of having heard it before, and it was just random déjà vu, this album is very derivative and I don’t think it contains anything that isn’t a rip-off.

Why does one make an album with the sound that is quite dated from the beginning. Do they just want to say that they have released an album, and hope that it is quickly forgotten? I wouldn’t think so considering that the members have experience from Skull Fist, and Annihilator to name a pair – so it is likely that they actually hope to make a successful album. But who is going to like it? I don’t know. I may be a good match for the ones into the retro style of rock and metal, the synths certainly sounds like something dug up from the ancient past.

It is probably sage to overlook this one, it doesn’t offer anything of consequence, and it is a forgettable album. But perhaps it is a good album if you are a biker, play it loud on the road when you glide around on your bike. But I don’t know about that either, all I know is that it isn’t a particularly good album.

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