Mother I'm Coming Home

REVIEW - HEAVY PADADISE

With their excellent debut album, "No Turning Back", in 2007 Redrum left us hungry!! That was a solid hard rock release with some amazing heavy rock tunes and, of course, Michael Bormann's strong performances!! Nowadays, the band is back full force to offer us another great album that will please every fan of pure hard rock sound.

"Victims Of Our Circumstances" is titled Redrum's newest attempt and believe me it will rock your world!! Redrum consists of the 'mighty' Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart, Rain e.t.c.) on lead vocals, Athan 'Lyssa' Kazakis on guitars, Panos Baxevanis on guitars, Marco Grasshoff on keys and Alex Kidd on bass. From the very first spin of "Victims Of Our Circumstances" I had the feeling that I'm listening to the new Jaded Heart album with Bormann back on board!! I, also, noticed that the sound this time is more polished and with a more radio-friendly approach. The production is solid and the band is tighter than ever!! Bormann's performances are top notch and the guitar duo of Kazakis-Baxevanis delivering the goods!!

"....so you wanna be one of us?...you gotta scream..." and Redrum invited us to be one of them with the intro tune of "One Of Us" before the album kicks off with the amazing rocker "Scream"!!!
I just love this track; it's heavy, it's melodic with a catchy as hell chorus line! Impressive start!! Next comes the commercial tune of "You Can't By No Hero". Ass-kickin' hard rock stuff with a heavenly chorus line to whisper for days! For sure one of the highlights of this record. "Dust In Your Eyes" looks like a leftover from the debut while "Empty Promises" is simply an awesome mid-tempo!! It reminds me of Jaded Heart's "IV" era with its sweet melody and, again, the catchy chorus. "Pokerface" features some very good guitar work and "Dirty White Boy" is the first, and only, average moment here. "Mother I'm Coming Home" is an emotional 80's power ballad with Bormann's superb performances!! "Tear Down The Walls" is the album's heaviest track. Heavy in-your-face guitars, Bormann's powerful vocals and a memorable chorus. "Have A Nice Day" and "Victims Of Our Circumstances" are both very good to come to the album's final tune of "You're The Voice". This is a cover song of John Farnham!! These guys took a classic tune and made it Classic with a capital 'C'!!!!

All in all, I have to say that Redrum is back with a killer record! No new or modern elements, only good old-fashioned hard rock stuff with powerful & emotional vocals by a great singer, a tight musicianship, some inspired riffs and solos , a polished production but, most of all, heart and soul! I really enjoyed every single minute of this album as much I have enjoyed the band's last live performance in Thessaloniki. So, the question is simple : "are you wanna be one of them?...." Highly Recommended release!
Heavy Paradise's Rating : 8,5/10