BROKEN HEROES - "MAKE Oi! GREAT AGAIN" (2017)

BROKEN HEROES - "MAKE Oi! GREAT AGAIN"
(Running time: 39:00 minutes; 13 songs)
("Step 1 Music"; 2017; CD):

Hey guys, back @ work again, so here now comes my newest record-review post for you and this time it's finally time (or surely even about time) to bring some proper Oi! back to the "MANSLAUGHTER-THUG-LIFE" up here and this in a great way, definitely, and this time it will be all about the kick-ass album that marked in 2017 the return of the (al)mighty American Oi! legends BROKEN HEROES from New Jersey with their masterpiece "MAKE Oi! GREAT AGAIN" (btw, great albumtitle) released in (you've guessed it already...) 2017 via "STEP 1 MUSIC" (good that they are still active'n'around) and that last month (december 2017, when it also for all what I know was released) finally landed also in my collection and from then'n'there on it conquered me, yes, and it massively conquered me (and continues to do so). This is bonesmashing and skullcracking harsh and yet nicely diverse and melodic roughnecked (American) Oi! music massively pushed and driven forwards'n'onwards by full-force sawing and very violent raging guitars that deliver a truly shredding and stomping, a sheer heavy crushing rhythm work as well as well-dosed melodic arrangements and leads and also a big bunch of cool solos, yes, all done very well-skilled, nicely diverse and varying, but above all powerful and smashing intense. Yes, that's how I love it, and for all the right reasons the guitars do mark the songs strongly. Hard and angry, snotty and pissed off, throaty and charismatic lead vocals that are enriched by strong backings and really loud'n'proud crew chants cultivate and mark the music only further on, yes, and also for sure for all the right reasons, period. Powerful forwards storming verses and rousing hymnal sing-a-long refrains shine both as well nearly all the time here on BROKEN HEROES' "MAKE Oi! GREAT AGAIN" on and on again. A tough as nails rumbling bass and powerful punching and smashing drums then round it all up with adding a massive amount of beefy and bulky flesh'n'meat to the backbone(s) of the songs and music of the BROKEN HEROES here on "MAKE Oi! GREAT AGAIN". Forceful and intense and yet still nicely varying songwriting that also offers fantastic moonstompin' SKA/Skinhead Reggae tunes melts it all together and all is delivered by truly well-skilled veterans. And it's all full of energy, highly dynamic, and really rousing and powerful to the max, an exciting and grapping true kick to the head in all the right way. Honest and sympathic and delivered in a through'n'through fantastic way; and the same is to say about the great honest Working Class and Oi!/Skinhead lyrics, the absolutely gorgeous artwork, and the rough'n'tough dirty and also heavy hitting production sound, yes, making out of all this the real deal and the damn fucking complete package. My personal favorites are "BUILT TO LAST", "MURDER ON MY MIND", "SOMETHING SPECIAL", "WORKING CLASS SLOB", "THIS AIN'T FOR YOU", "WE NEVER RUN", "VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER", the amazing done FORCED REALITY cover "15 PINTS" (with overworked lyrics), and "OVERNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR", yes, all purest platinum. Also the other, not mentioned, and also anyhow only (very) few songs are really strong stuff, for sure, the only song that really leaves me cold is "BEER RUN" and if it wouldn't be for that particular one the rating would be even better as it so also anyhow already is. This is one hell of an album, oh hell yeahr, this is amazing and absolutely finest (American) Oi! that you simply definitely need to have if you are only anyhow slightly into Oi!, Streetpunk, and Punkrock and so you should as soon as possible grab a copy of it, point and fact. I now give it another round and trust me when I say that I will now play it loud; damn loud. Damn loud! This is real American Oi! and this is still my absolutely favorite music and so it will definitely continue to be. Join or die!!! Oi! Oi! Oi!

(9 of 10 points)

https://www.facebook.com/BrokenHeroes (- the link to the facebooksite of the band)

BROKEN HEROES - "VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER"(*) (2017, "MAKE Oi! GREAT AGAIN")

(*here it is in a slightly older version from a split from 2014)