Bomber – Nocturnal Creatures

 

 

Bomber – Nocturnal Creatures
Napalm Records – 2022
Rock, Hard, Metal, Seventies, Classic
Rated: ***

The 2017 EP Arrival heralded the… errr… Arrival of Swedish fourpiece Bomber. Four tracks that wore the love for seventies metal and eighties hardrock, and the other way around, on its sleeve and those feelings of affection and adoration are, we are happy to hear, abundantly present on their new album Nocturnal Creatures as well! Four demo tracks of this new record was all it took for Napalm Records to hear and sign these crazies; before the album was finished or a proper first meeting had been possible. The four Swedes show great fervour, ingenuity, and enthusiasm for all that heavy metal nostalgia from earlier decades. And even if those echoes from the past might sometimes call to close to home; it is done so incredibly well that there is simply no denying the fact that you are listening to four metal masters. Slowly the music, compositions and arrangements on Nocturnal Creatures move more towards the eighties and ever more towards the grandiose metal of that era; and the four come out on top, giving the metal heads longing for the over the top gestures; guitar work, drum fills and vocal choruses another album to love. Another band to adore! A Bomber patch will be loud, proud, beautiful and necessary for every battle jacket…

(Written by JK)

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