KROKUS - Hoodoo

"Hoodoo Woman" streaming on their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/krokusonline

Good stuff!

Metal Misfit wrote:

"Hoodoo Woman" streaming on their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/krokusonline

Good stuff!

Heard they are releasing a new album soon

Is it like the Headhunter stuff? I want to like this cd...

Yes, again its going to be a great album. ROCK THE BLOCK and HELLRAISER were great too but i think this one will be even better, with the original line up.
HAIL TO KROKUS FOREVER.

Love the band and the original band is even better.

Wargod50

Anyone else picked this up yet?

It freakin' smokes! It's raunchy rock n roll ala One Vice At A Time.

Where AC/DC's "Black Ice" failed as a classic rock n roll album, "Hoodoo" succeeds in spades.

I have seen a vid clip for "Hoodoo Woman" and went looking for a copy recently, but to no avail.

I think the line up that did One Vice At A Time is who recorded the new one ?

Kohler and Von Arb on guitars, Von Rohr on bass, Steady on drums, and Storace on Voice

Krokus are an amazing band. Headhunter makes it in the top 10 of my favourite metal albums.

I hope the new album delivers.

I love Headhunter and think that is a classic and their defining moment along with Metal-Rendezvous. Looking forward to this one, even though the style of music is not what I reach for nowadays.

I was listening to Russian Winter earlier this evening. What a song

This album's awesome!

Based on this sleazeroxx review, I may pick this up.

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Few hard rock bands have garnered as much scorn as Krokus. I'm not sure if the ridicule had to do with the group's AC/DC derivative sound, their outrageous wardrobe and hairstyles, their inclination to release cover songs or the fact they originate from Switzerland. Whatever the reason, most of the bad press Krokus has amassed over their long and storied career has been unwarranted, because the music itself is usually very entertaining. Hoodoo is no exception, following right where 2006's satisfying Hellraiser left off.
With the classic One Vice At A Time line-up intact for the first time since 1982 these seasoned veterans sound completely re-energized. There isn't rocket science involved when it comes to a Krokus album, just no-frills hard rock played with passion and honesty. Both of those qualities are found on Hoodoo, which is a fun album, nothing more and nothing less. Elements of the band's past surface occasionally, such as the need for a cover song -- this time an excellent rendition of Steppenwolf's "Born To be Wild". Sure this song has been done to death, but Krokus do it as well as anyone.
Comparing Hoodoo to One Vice At A Time isn't that much of a stretch as Krokus seems to have recaptured the energy they displayed all those years ago. There is no denying that the band has matured, but that doesn't mean they have mellowed with age. Far from it, as "Drive It In" kicks off the disc with a chugging rhythm before the first single "Hoodoo Woman" infuses some slight blues rock to the proceedings. The fun doesn't end there, as the grizzled rockers rev things up on "In My Blood", "Keep Me Rolling", "Shot Of Love" and super-charged closer "Firestar". You have to love an album that ends on such a high note.
There was only one song on the entire CD that left me cold, that being "Rock'N'Roll Handshake". Musically the song is fine, but lyrically it is the type of song that gives the Krokus bashers more ammo. Perhaps the rock'n'roll handshake was to be the band's version of the metal horns, but it really doesn't pack the same punch does it?
There are plenty of people out there who will write Hoodoo off for the simple fact that it was released by Krokus, but my advice is to completely ignore them. Krokus has recorded a stellar album here, a CD that is every bit as good as Hellraiser, and then some! The band members are sporting quite a few more gray hairs these days, but the attitude, drive and musicianship screams 1980.

I love "Rock 'n' Roll Handshake" and agree that their Steppenwolf cover is awesome. It actually makes me like the song! Such a great album, I don't know how it compares to the rest of their material because I've never owned a studio album from them before but is easily making my Top 10 for 2010.

Metal Misfit wrote:

I love "Rock 'n' Roll Handshake" and agree that their Steppenwolf cover is awesome. It actually makes me like the song! Such a great album, I don't know how it compares to the rest of their material because I've never owned a studio album from them before but is easily making my Top 10 for 2010.

For crying out loud Metal Misfit as a man who loves 80's metal you need to grab 'HeadHunter' 'One Vice at a Time' and 'Metal Rendevous', all great albums.

I think this is a really solid disc. I still think Hellraiser was a bit better, but still very good.



Arttie

It is a solid album. The Steppenwolf cover is a bit redundant. It's been done a million times over, and while their cover isn't bad, it isn't nearly as good as others. However, the rest of the album is superb. Simple, straight forward heavy metal. "Hoodoo" sounds like it could have been the missing follow-up to "One Vice At A Time".

I am loving this album. Good stuff!

I love this album, it is Krokus making a great simple hard rock album as if music had not progressed one iota since 1983, for most bands this would be a bad thing but not for Krokus

This album is fun. I really enjoy listening to it.

exact33 wrote:

This album is fun. I really enjoy listening to it.

As do I. Rocked it again at 5:30 AM this morning on the way to work.

ultmetal wrote:

exact33 wrote:

This album is fun. I really enjoy listening to it.

As do I. Rocked it again at 5:30 AM this morning on the way to work.

you go ult!!