{"id":77150,"date":"2019-03-14T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=77150"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:24:37","slug":"review-buckcherry-warpaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-buckcherry-warpaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Buckcherry – Warpaint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Anaheim hard rock quintet Buckcherry<\/strong> may be down to their last surviving original member in vocalist Josh Todd, but we still get an eighth album from the veteran rockers, unfortunately. While they are obviously masters of their craft, ‘Warpaint’<\/em> is about as predictable a slice of bland middle-of-the-road, rock n’ roll tosh as you are likely to hear.<\/p>\n

The record starts deceptively brightly with the crunchy riffing of ‘Warpaint’<\/i>, its classic sound building to a hooky chorus with plenty of groove. Stand-out track ‘Right Now’<\/i> follows in style, the acoustic picking creating a cool vibe and the bad-ass rock chorus and smoking guitar give it some serious swagger. But that’s as good as it gets.<\/p>\n

Alarm bells start ringing on the radio-friendly treatment they dish out to Nine Inch Nails classic, ‘Head Like A Hole’<\/i>. It’s a game effort but they don’t have anywhere near the vitriol of Trent Reznor. Things work a little better on ‘The Vacuum’<\/i>; it’s a little livelier and has a cool groove with more tasty guitar licks, but not exactly stepping outside their comfort zone.<\/p>\n