The 450s – The 450s

 

 

The 450s – The 450s
Louder Than Loud – 2022
Rock, Hardrock, Punk, Rockabilly, Blues
Rated: ***

This foursome (or actually fivesome) explodes out of the gates with spicy and excellent garage rocking opening track Flowers For Columbine. The 450s features The Rods drummer Carl Canedy and spotlights vocalist Rhett and his often pinched take on singing. It immediately gives The 450s its own signature sound. With a mix done by Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper ao) and Chris Collier (Whitesnake, Korn, Prong, ao) turn this release a bit on its side. For the feel seems to harken back to the classic hardrock sound while there is also this modern take of it all. The same can be said about certain elements like the use of string sections, highly pronounced piano parts and pop like vocal parts. It fits; but also does not, for the ‘raw’ nature of this hardrock album suddenly become all ‘velvet’ to the touch. And then there’s the flamenco inspired One King track and industrial tinged closer When God Won’t Forgive You; making the album even more diverse and uncompromising. The 450s; and their self-titled debut 12 track give you something heavy and different to chew on.

(Written by JK)

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