Year : 2025 (Eonian Records Edition)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : Denmark , United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 103 mb
Bio:
The vision of this band is to play music the same way they want to hear music, with dynamics and “swing.” The mission is to bring back, and to emphasize simplicity and honest expression.In a time where excessive use of autotune, quantization, and over compression is the only “right” way to record, and most productions sound un-dynamic, similar, and colored by the use of plug-ins and smart apps, instead of featuring the core sound of the recording artist, BLOODY DICE want to take things in the opposite direction.The band feels that the music industry has moved too far away from its roots. “We want an honest sound, where music sounds like it is played by human beings and not by machines. We want warmth and dynamics back, and we want to embrace the imperfect and unpolished, because that’s what makes all the difference,” says vocalist Dagfinn Joensen.The guys in the band have been through the old run of the mill a couple of times, with album releases that had thousands of layered tracks and sounded like a million dollars but lacked nerve and authenticity. Having joined forces in Bloody Dice, they have made up their minds to try a different approach, and to make that approach apparent, both live and on recordings. BLOODY DICE is a good mixture of nationalities and genres. Guitarist Nickie Jensen, a native Dane, played in a modern Melodic Rock band called Violmace. Drummer Kenneth Olsen, also from Denmark, played in Progressive Metal band Royal Hunt. Bassist Stuart O’Neill, who is British, was involved with Spanish speaking Heavy Metal outfit, Mal Costumbre. Vocalist Dagfinn Joensen, from the Faroe Islands, is probably best known for being the lead singer in the reborn Danish, eighties AOR/Rock band Fate.This album was recorded by Producer & Engineer, Flemming Rasmussen. Rasmussen has engineered and recorded numerous well known Hard Rock and Metal albums including 1981’s Difficult To Cure by Rainbow. Metallica then brought in Rasmussen to work on their album Ride The Lightning (1984). The partnership continued through to the proceeding two studio albums, Master Of Puppets (1986) and ...And Justice for All (1988). Rasmussen won a Grammy for producing Metallica’s “One” in 1989.BLOODY DICE has spent the last year or so, in the rehearsal studio, writing songs and refining their craft. The band is now ready for hitting the Danish stages as well as international ones, and fans of genuine, old school Hard Rock & Metal, have something to look forward to.
Album:
A couple of years ago we were surprised by a new Eonian Records signing; BLOODY DICE, kick ass 4-piece from Denmark, which self-titled album rocked us with catchy riffs and feel-good melodies. The vision of this band is to play rock n’ roll music the same way they want to hear music – with dynamics and “swing.” The mission is to bring back, and to emphasize simplicity and honest expression of hard rock.Now BLOODY DICE is back with sophomore album ”2”. Firstly, original drummer Peter Larsen is back, and so is a sound that’s a little more raw. But it would be fair to say that Bloody Dice ”2” also has a legend involved. Flemming Rasmussen—who almost defined thrash with his work with Metallica in the ’80s—is here, making this CD sound like a million dollars.But ”none of this matters”, of course, if the music is no good—and that’s not the case here. The start of “Cry For War”—all bass groove and confidence—is arena rock for 2025. But it’s arena rock with a social conscience; it looks at the world and doesn’t like what it sees. The same is true of “Maze”, which takes aim at the “Department of Bureaucratic Bullshit and Social Indifference”, but these are also superb rocking songs.“Break the Cycle” slows the pace and dials up both the blues and the menace. It also needs saying that singer Dagfinn Joensen and guitarist Nickie Jensen are perfect for this.That applies to the chugging hard rock of “The Bitch Is Crazy”—the type of thing the 14-year-old me was listening to in 1989 and still loves more than he should. “Madness” is another that has that vibe—and a proper ’80s solo—but talks about mental health issues candidly. And maybe that’s the thing: strip away the layers and this is so much more.The tough “Back to Hell” has a kind of Motörhead aggression, but despairs. Even the swaggering ones like “Unspoken” implore you to “fight for what is right”.“Struggling to Breathe” almost demands you get fists in the air as it menaces, but the hooks—like everywhere on this brilliant record—shine. The slide guitar of “Don’t Know Where We’re Going” initially seems like it might take things in a southern rock direction, but the vocals are more Soundgarden as it bemoans media manipulation.“Face the Truth” hasn’t got any happy endings either, and you’d best heed its call to “open your eyes”.Bloody Dice ”2” is an album that everyone involved clearly wants to succeed. It deserves to. Bloody Dice have rolled a real double six, and there’s no reason to think you won’t be hearing a lot more from them in the future.
Line Up:
Dagfinn Joensen – Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, & Percussion
Nickie Jensen – Guitars
Jakob Haugaard – Bass
Peter Larsen – Drums
Tracklist:
01. Cry for War
02. Maze
03. Break the Circle
04. The Bitch is Crazy
05. Madness
06. Back to Hell
07. Unspoken
08. Struggling to Breathe
09. Don’t Know Where We’re Going
10. Face the Truth
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