The Poodles - Performocracy (Japan Edition) (2011)

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The Poodles - Performocracy (Japan Edition) (2011)

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The Poodles - Performocracy (Japan Edition) (2011)

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Year : 2011 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 133 mb


Bio:

The Poodles was formed in the fall of 2005 and six months later they participated in the Swedish leg of the Eurovision Song Contest, which led to the band's big breakthrough in their native country. The debut album, "Metal Will Stand Tall", was released shortly thereafter in Sweden, Japan, and Russia. It climbed to the top of the Swedish charts and the first single, "Night of Passion", went gold after only three weeks and achieved platinum status in addition to being the most downloaded song for three weeks straight."Metal Will Stand Tall", contained material written by A-list song writers such as Holly Knight (Tina Turner, Aerosmith, and KISS) and featured two more singles that went top-10 in the Swedish charts.During 2006, the band did more than 100 live shows in Sweden and in January 2007 "Metal Will Stand Tall" was released in Europe on AFM Records. In connection to this, The Poodles toured all over Europe together with Hammerfall and Krokus, doing 31 shows in 18 countries in just 35 days.The band's second effort, "Sweet Trade", was released in September 2007 in Sweden, all of Europe and in Russia and Japan. The single, "Streets of Fire", became the band's biggest selling single to date, achieving double-platinum status. Shortly after the release of "Sweet Trade" The Poodles headed out on yet another tour over Europe together with Swiss rockers "Gotthard". The Poodles then did a head-line tour of their own with 17 sold-out shows throughout Europe. Several of the shows on the tour were upgraded to bigger venues, quite a feat for a band that was formed only two and a half years earlier.Late spring 2008, after having participated a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Line of fire", the band proudly accepted the invitation to record and perform the Official Swedish Theme Song for the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.The result was "Raise the Banner", which was released on the 15th of July and was the number one hit single in Sweden for most of August 2008.On June 6th 2008, Henrik Bergqvist officially took over the ax-slinging duties from departed Pontus Norgren, premiering at the "Sweden Rock Festival" in front of a crowd of 10.000. This event also marked the launch of one of the biggest summer tours of any Swedish touring act. It spanned over 30 shows all over Sweden and also included a couple of festival shows in Germany.For The Poodles' third album, legendary producer-mixer Mike Fraser (Aerosmith, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake) was hired to take on mixing duties. Mats Valentin, a highly gifted Swedish producer and songwriter produced what was to become "Clash of the Elements"."Clash of the Elements" was released on May 20th 2009 in Sweden and on August 28th in the European territories. It featured the top-10 hit single "One out of Ten" and the all-out rocker "I Rule the Night". The album was released in cooperation with Universal and marked a new era in the history of the band.Unsurprisingly, the release of "Clash of the Elements" was followed by extensive touring in both Sweden and mainland Europe. Highlights include Firefest 2009, Rockstad Falun 2010 and Graspop 2010. All in all, The Poodles visited 29 European cities during the fall of 2009 and the spring of 2010.In August 2010, The Poodles formed a partnership with progressive label Frontiers Records in preparation for the release of a Live-album and a Live-DVD as well as an upcoming studio album. The Rockumentary DVD "In the Flesh" and the live CD "No Quarter" were released on November 8th 2010 in all territories and at the same time, work started on the fourth installment of the Poodles' saga."Performocracy" was released by Frontiers Records on April 15th 2011 in all territories. It was #1 in the Swedish album chart on the first week of release and the band promoted the album with extensive touring in their native country. The album was again produced by Mats Valentin, but this time Tobias Lindell (Europe, Mustasch) took on mixing duties. "Cuts like a knife" was the first single off "Performocracy" and the accompanying video was produced by Steve Ravic, who also shot and produced "In the Flesh".Following the success of "Performocracy", the band has chosen to return to an identical set-up for the recording of The Poodles' fifth album, which at this time is without a title. The recording is scheduled to start on February 1st, with a projected release date in May 2013 in all European territories.

Album:

This Swedish quartet has been around for some years now. After 3 albums and a single live release, they have a new record by the name of “Performocracy” and it’s sounds killer! The first thing you will notice about THE POODLES is that they look like they were taken out from the L.A. Glam Metal scene of the 80s; dyed hair, makeup, tight pants - all the deal. But on the other hand, they have a modern sound and a modern feel that made them sound unlike it. Their sound is like a twist of MOTLEY CRUE, IRON MAIDEN, BON JOVI and even the early U2 especially on the mellow songs.From the first track, “I Want It All”, this is an original song not to be confused with the QUEEN classic; you will hear that these guys really know what they’re doing. The song has an awesome intro that works really well as the album's intro and set the vibe for the record. In addition, we can also see that the band knows really good how to write catchy choruses even though, the track's chorus is not as strong as the rest of them, but it still sits well.From the beginning to end, this album will take you on a journey through the worlds of Hard Rock, Glam Metal, and Heavy Metal with a very melodic and formidable structure. The songs are catchy, yet not in a Justin Beeber sort of way. These guys can rock hard as seen for example on “Your Time Is Now”, which is the heaviest song on the record, a very powerful Heavy Metal song with a badass riff. On the other hand, they have the power ballads like “As Time Is Passing” that is a great power ballad that truly shows what a great voice Jakob has and so it his range. However, one thing is missing in this song and that is the guitar solo, instead of a guitar solo after the break they go into this catchy vocal break that is cool but from my end, it ruined the build up of the song. So as you all can see, THE POODLES can do it all and do it good.Production wise, the album sounds amazing! All four of the band members are incredible musicians and know how to make the band sound good and not only themselves. Henrik Bergqvist's guitar work is very good, he can do it all and he does it without taking the focus out of the other band members. I especially liked his use of delay and other effects in his rhythm sections. The production of Mats Valentineis great, he achieved a sound that is a mix of a live filling yet very produced and full of effects and synth stuff that make the songs sound depth, and off course with an excellent job. Tobias Lindell did the mixing of the album, this one is really a treat!THE POODLESjust as AVENGED SEVENFOLD, HINDER and CRASHDIET made the music they grow up listening to but put their stand on it and it sounds great, fresh and fun to listen if you like the sub-genre. The only thing that I noticed is that THE POODLES don’t have a line, the songs sound great but their all over the place, which can be good, yet, if this was the debut album of the band it could have gotten the impression that these guys don't have a style of the own. However, their style is Rock N' Roll, and everything that they have done is Rock N' Roll just as MOTORHEAD and IRON MAIDEN always said all throughout their careers.

Line Up:

Jakob Samuel - Vocals - See also: ex-Midnight Sun, ex-The Ring, ex-Treasure Land
Pontus Egberg - Bass - See also: Dark Illusion, Tainted Nation, ex-Lion's Share, ex-HammerFall (live)
Henrik Bergqvist - Guitars
Christian "Kicken" Lundqvist - Drums

Tracklist:

01. I Want It All - 4:02
02. Until Our Kingdom Falls - 3:03
03. Father To A Son - 4:12
04. I Believe In You - 4:10
05. Cuts Like A Knife - 4:09
06. As Time Is Passing - 5:13
07. Love Is All - 4:49
08. Your Time Is Now - 4:43
09. Action! - 4:06
10. Bring Back The Night - 5:14
11. Vampire's Call - 3:56
12. Into The Quiet Night - 4:23
13. Ship Of Fools (Demo Version) - 4:35 (Japan Bonus Track)


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