However, that’s about the only bad thing, if you can even call it bad. Seal the Deal… is very much like its predecessor, it’s a bit more reined in and there’s a radio-friendly gloss to it to the point where a few of the songs would feel at home on Outlaw Gentleman… The same applies with slowly or drastically changing sound between albums. Volbeat haven’t changed up their sound significantly in six albums which works well for some bands and not so well for others. That’s where new album Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie comes in. Mainly the two preceding Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies: Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood and Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. The leaps and bounds they made in venue size showed it worked in their favour and in fairness, it wasn’t bad by any stretch, it’s just…they’ve done better. It was more Volbeat which is never a bad thing but a bit more radio-friendly. I was just getting into Volbeat when I heard it and it was hyped up to the heavens as if they’d reinvented the wheel. 2.Let’s be honest, the last Volbeat album wasn’t their best. if only to see what could have been had they not become the (not to shit on the original, one iota) ABBA of metal Shit, might just have to give their old stuff a chance in that case. They didn't sniff radio until their 4th album if I remember right. I'm sure there's at least something redeemable in those, but every song of theirs I've heard on the radio has been vomit-inducingly pisspoor The last two most recent records are a disgrace, but the first 4 are loaded with hard jams. This is what happens when you splice schlager with Godsmack I reviewed it hard back in the day, still holds true.

Woah partner now pump the brakes right there

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