Right from the start, there is no doubt about it, Razorblade has just entered my cd-player, playing a typical punk/hardcore riff with a lot of ‘all-together shouting’. However, after the second song, the sound of the band really starts to become clear; fast, with a lot of power chords and hasted vocals. I even heard a solo in this second song which is not that familiar with this kind of songs.

 

But while the record continues I have to say that the overall sound is very monotone without a lot of excitement during all of the songs. The structure is always the same, with the typical rhythms, except for ‘No.1 Hit Machine’ maybe. Also, the lyrics do not provide the needed variation. ‘Jan Modaal’ is named in a lot of the Dutch songs which makes me feel like the band did not have a lot of inspiration to write about. Combine this with the repetitive structures of the songs and I believe that this album is not the big hit Razorblade might have hoped.

 

So, the second Razorblade album does contain a lot of pure rawness and pure emotions, but it failed to stay interesting during the whole record. As a matter of a fact, I felt bored after four songs. I’m sure that there are still enough people who might be interested in the songs, but I just can not believe that the interest will stay at the same level throughout every melody. Therefore, the album is just not good enough.