[shadowman]

new album from... The Rods !

I was just as surprised as some by you reading the title of this topic:
We are midst 2011... and The Rods have made an entirely new album !
Maybe a lot of you already heard about this fact but I hadn't.

I read about it in the most popular Metal Zine of Belgium and The Netherlands: Aardschok.
I have a subscription on this monthly magazine and in the latest issue the new album was reviewed.

It is called 'Vengeance' but Aardschok (meaning 'Earthquake', great name for a metalzine right ?) only quoted
it with 60 out of 100??



This rather bad score is due to the fact that the vocals are lousy, at least that is what Aardschok
says. Don't agree at all! When I compare to some of the crap modern metal bands produce, 'Vengeance' is a KILLER album.
Highly recommended.
I 've been a fan of this band since the very beginning. They had this unique style in the 80's and this album is
a logic addition to their musical carreer.

And as GREAT bonus, our beloved 'Ronnie James Dio' does a guest appearance on this album, guess one of the last songs he sang before he left us way too early. For those of you who didn't know, Ronnie was a cousin of David Feinstein, the driving force of this great band. Call it a family favour.
Check out this amazing song 'The Code' here :




Further information about the new album can be found at the official site of 'The Rods'

[Alcohollelujah]

I heard about plans for a new album months ago, but I gotta admit that forgot about it later.... It's certainly good news for us and as much as I respect Aardschok (being a long running mag that has played a VERY important role, especially in the 80s), I think that some of their staff seem to lack the ability to properly judge such albums (you shouldn't listen to it with a mind set to Slipknot mode). I just got it and haven't made up my mind completely, but I gotta say that 60/100 is pure bollox!

[Argh333]

Nice one bought it!

[MsMatova]

I heard the entire new Rods album and I must agree with everything that is said higher up ! This is a great album and I enjoy it very much !!

What Aardschok reporters are writing in their reviews is not always 100 % correct, that's for sure, and where it comes to the review of this awesome CD, they did a lousy job.

The RODS have always been one of my favorite US bands, I was already listening to their music in the early 80s.

[witchcross]

I like the new RODS quite a bit. They never were a top 10 favorite of mine, but always liked their stuff, nothing flashy, just honest metal - I would easily give the new one 75 / 100.

[Alcohollelujah]

They never were a top 10 favorite of mine, but always liked their stuff, nothing flashy, just honest metal

perfect way of saying it - I feel exactly the same way!!!

[hompe]

Perfect. You hear by the first chords that this is a album by The Rods.Typical 80`metal.My
hopes were low after i bought the solo album by David Rock Feinstein "Bitten by the beast",
but this album is far better.

[Nix]

Looking forward to this, heard a lot of them at Mo's Metal Museum online

Also heard that Sword from Canada has reformed with a new album out soon!

[shadowman]

Perfect. You hear by the first chords that this is a album by The Rods.Typical 80`metal.My
hopes were low after i bought the solo album by David Rock Feinstein "Bitten by the beast",
but this album is far better.

Agreed man ! The reason could be that Feinstein had to do it by himself on his solo album while the new album
from 'The Rods' is a group thing... ? Helps to have a wider input right ?

[Barcass Grinder]

I liked their "Let 'em Eat Metal" album. I will look into this.