Year : 2025
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 98 mb
Bio:
Manchester glam hard rock band.Expect to overdose as Cruel Addiction gets you hooked with their 70s/80s inspired heavy metal, glam and shock rock originals.Firing catchy vocals over riff driven music, the face painted Manchester band bring a show that will take you straight back to the glam scene of the 80s, with a horror inspired twist. Come get addicted!Vocals/Guitar - Vince Lightborn, Guitar/Vocals - Ozzy Foxx, Bass/Vocals - Mike Grave, Drums - Mitch Levy.Cruel Addiction, taking inspiration from the likes of Wasp, Aerosmith, and Motley Crue. Relatively new in their journey, the band aim to make their mark with their soon-to-be-released EP “CONFESS”, dealing with the themes of “sins, compulsions, and escapism through a modern glam metal lens”, in the words of the band. How will this transpose into a modern glam metal style?
Album:
It’s fun, but Manchester, UK, was never exactly a hotbed for glam metal rock music. Well, CRUEL ADDICTION is taking the ’80s Californian sound for the genre and cranking it loud there in 2025. On their new album titled “Confess” these young dudes show the inspiration by the likes of Motley Crue, Lizzy Borden, WASP, etc, – firing catchy vocals over riff driven rock music, this face-painted band take you straight back to the glam metal scene of the first half of the ’80s, with a horror twist.To call a glam metal album ‘conceptual’ is almost a blasphemy, but “Confess” tells a story as a whole – of course you can enjoy each track standalone. And despite there’s 15 tracks on the CD, 5 are short interludes. “Confess” packs effective rockin’ songs, with a sound reminiscent of early Motley.Riffs? This is all about the riffs. Yes, the album is absolutely packed full of them! From blazing lead solos to chunky palm-muted rhythms there’s plenty of inspiration here for you to dust off your air guitar and play along. It happens that CRUEL ADDICTION has an ace guitarist in Ozzy Foxx, a very young talented axeman that had not yet been born when this musical genre was in its heyday.And let’s not forget Vince Lightborn’s voice, with the right amount of attitude, grit and swagger necessary for this type of rock n’ roll.The strong guitar work remains the melodic focal point throughout the album and the source of an energy that never dips or lags. There are cleverly implemented slower groovier sections to change up the pace and assuming you’ve been headbanging along in your living room, a chance to give your neck a break.Vocally, this is what you’d expect from the genre. A good solid all-round strong voice with just the right amount of grit and melodic quality.Titles like Sick Fuck, Play With Fire, Tame Me (I’ll Tame You Too), Kill Her Quick, etc, provide the right indication of what CRUEL ADDICTION are all about: party anthemic glam metal circa 1983 when the genre wasn’t too commercial yet: gritty, raw.Self-produced and released, “Confess” rocks hard with an old-school vibe very well captured. CRUEL ADDICTION is a band to keep an eye on > they have the songs, the musicianship, the looks.Album released January 31, 2025.
Line-Up:
Vince Lightborn – Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Piano, Drums
Ozzy Foxx – Guitars, Backing Vocals, Synths
Mike Grave – Bass, Backing Vocals
Dann M. Silva – Drums
+ guests:
The Father Atreus – Voice of “The Penitent” and “The Father”
Lily M – “Voice of Katy Kane”
Production:
Recorded by Cruel Addiction. Produced by Vince Lightborn
Kálló-Helmeczi Ferenc - Writing contributions towards "Play With Fire"
Heather Berry - Drums in "Hot Skin" featured in "(phone call)"
The Father Atreus - Voice of "The Penitent" and "The Father"
Lily M - "Voice of Katy Kane"
Agatha Tito - Album Artwork
Tracklist:
01. (intro)
02. Sick Fuck
03. Play With Fire
04. Tame Me (I’ll Tame You Too)
05. Slave
06. (phone call)
07. Sex Doll
08. Back To Life
09. (confess)
10. I’m Your God
11. Treat You Right
12. (!!!)
13. Kill Her Quick
14. Everybody Wants To Die!
15. (outro)
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