Album Review

Adrenaline Mob - Men Of HonorAdrenaline Mob – Men Of Honor

Adrenaline Mob formed back in 2011 and were instantly regarding as a supergroup due to the fact that the members of the band have enjoyed massive success in various other bands, you have Russell Allen (Symphony X) on vocals, Mike Orlando on guitar, John Moyar (Disturbed) on bass and A J Pero (Twisted Sister) on drums and if you also look at the bands past members you had Rich Ward and Paul Di Leo from Fozzy and also Mike Portnoy from Dream Theatre in the band which tells me from the birth of the band Adrenaline Mob have been on the lookout for big things.

Ever since I saw the videos for ‘Feel The Adrenaline’ and ‘Come On Get Up’ I have been counting down the days for the release of the second Adrenaline Mob album ‘Men Of Honor’ as both songs blew me away with their big in your face chant-a-long vocals and massive technical instrumental work and after listening to the album a few times over it is safe to say that it has been worth the wait as this 11track 52minute running album is mostly all killer with a little bit of filler.

The album explodes with mayhem with the banging ‘Mob Is Back’ with it’s crazy instrumental opening and crazy effects for the first minute but as soon J Pero comes in with his banging drum beats and Mike Orlando lays down his chunky guitar riffs and Russell Allen comes in with his strong sounding loud and clear vocals you just know that the next 52 minutes are going to be a good listen especially as the ’Mob Is Back’ takes you on a high energy stadium rock journey.

‘Come On Get Up’ features some real meaty riffs running throughout and some truly mouth watering solos. The song really flows with pure heaviness but at the same time when the chorus kicks in things become melodic and that is exactly what makes Adrenaline Mob such an accessible band the fact that they have brought the perfect mix of heaviness and melodicness to the table and used it to their advantage to create songs that not only are the head bangers of the metal generation going to love but so are the radio worshippers who happen to stumble across the band.

‘Dearly Departed’ is quite a serious sounding middle of the road song which sounds great but doesn’t stand out as much as other songs on the album. ‘Behind These Eyes’ see’s the band go down the ballad route where they come across sounding so similar to Alter Bridge when they go down the serious route. ‘Let It Go’ Really does so off the song writing skills of Adrenaline Mob as the song has so much going on, with the basslines from John Mayor standing out in such a positive to the big explosive chorus. ‘Feel The Adrenaline’ was one of the songs which originally got me interested in Adrenaline Mob and all you need to do is listen to a minute of the song to understand why as it’s a big fist in the air chant-a-long rock n’ roll anthem.

The album title track ‘Men Of Honor’ see’s things tone down again and leaves you thinking that the band are going to unleash another ballad but after 25 seconds of teasing Mike Orlando comes in with some chunky riffs which prompts the rest of the band to grace the airwaves doing what they do best and truly rocking out. ‘House Of Lies’ takes a couple of listens to fully appreciate as it is the oddest sounding track on the album hut after listening to the song a couple of times over it will be up their alongside the best tracks on the album. It is however the album closer ‘Fallin To Pieces’ which stands out the most as there is just something special about the song as everything from the lyrics, the pace, the vocals just fit together perfectly like a jigsaw.

If you are in need of a new solid sounding metal album then I would look no further than Adrenaline Mob’s ‘Men Of Honor’ as the album is extremely solid sounding where each and every member of the band shines throughout as they come together to create a massive 11 track stadium rock album.

4/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members

Russell Allen
Mike Orlando
John Moyer
AJ Pero
 Track Listing

1. Mob Is Back
2. Come On Get Up
3. Dearly Departed
4. Behind These Eyes
5. Let It Go
6. Feel The Adrenaline
7. Men Of Honor
8. Crystal Clear
9. House Of Lies
10. Judgment Day
11. Fallin' To Pieces

 Band Related Links
Adrenaline Mob Facebook
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?