For the most part I try to approach these album reviews with some sort of journalistic objectivity. Often I am not familiar with the band and have never heard the songs nor anyone else’s opinion of them before reviewing. This is not true of Airbourne, as I had the opportunity to see one of their famous live performances in August on the opening leg of their Breaking Out of Hell tour in Bergen, Norway. (You can read my review of this show elsewhere on Glacially Muscial.) So before the new album even arrived in my in-box they had already completely won me over.
I went into this album already knowing at least the title track was top notch rock-n-roll. The only question was would the rest of the album live up to what I had already heard. The answer is yes.
It bears repeating from my first postings on Airbourne, they are heavily influenced by their countrymen AC/DC. There is no shame in this. There is plenty of room in the world for more raw power hard rock anthems of this type. As AC/DC sails off into the sunset, Airbourne, in every manner, is their heir apparent. Fittingly, the album was recorded and mixed in Australia, and it seems to have harnessed the magical aura of Angus and the boys.
