{"id":20269,"date":"2012-05-28T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=20269"},"modified":"2013-02-05T16:01:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T21:01:57","slug":"crazy-lixx-riot-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/crazy-lixx-riot-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Lixx | Riot Avenue <\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Nikiforos Skoumas<\/span>
\nStaff Writer —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"If you are an admirer of the Scandinavian melodic-glam-scene, you are probably aware of the Swedish melodic hard rock group called Crazy Lixx. While their name brought them a fair amount of ridicule by segments of the press during their earlier career steps, their sensational debut album Loud Minority<\/em> was more than enough to shut a lot of mouths and turn a lot more heads their way; one of them being the CEO of Frontiers Records under which Crazy Lixx put out their second album, New Religion<\/em> in 2010. Two years past that time and the quintet hand us their third effort Riot Avenue<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Most fans would agree that the musical direction of Crazy Lixx is hard to label, with a sound that touches equally upon sleaze metal and melodic rock and AOR. On that account, Riot Avenue<\/em> seems to straighten their position in the market, clearly oriented toward sleaze metal and hard rock. The melodic rock elements have been kept to a minimum on this third release which is not necessarily a good thing considering the multiple AOR highlights that Lixx have offered us in the past (\u201cHeroes are Forever\u201d, \u201cBlame it on love\u201d, \u201cChildren of the Cross\u201d etc). <\/p>\n

The Crazy Lixx of 2012 is more riff-centric and substantially heavier delivering intense hard rockers such as \u201cWhiskey Tango Foxtrot\u201d and \u201cYoung Blood\u201d while one happily finds that the title track is easily one of the most dramatic sleaze metal tracks we will get to hear this year. Still, powerful hard rock unfortunately does not make up for the lack of adult oriented moments on Riot Avenue<\/em>. Indeed you could say that the balladic \u201cHeatseeker\u201d is set to represent their more melodic side, still it does not quite reach the quality of its predecessors. <\/p>\n

To be perfectly clear Riot Avenue<\/em> if far form a bad-even average-album. It if a first class sleaze metal and hard rock release from one of the fastest rising acts of the genre. Only Crazy Lixx was known for delivering a complete \u201880s rock menu with each album touching upon glam-sleaze, melodic rock and AOR, which clearly is not the case with Riot Avenue<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Genre: Sleaze Metal, Hard Rock<\/p>\n

Line up:
\nDanny Rexon – Vocals
\nAndy Dawson – Guitars
\nEdd Liam – Guitars
\nLoke Rivano – Bass
\nJo\u00e9l Cirera \u2013 Drums<\/p>\n

Tracklist:
\n01 \u2013 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
\n02 \u2013 Young Blood
\n03 \u2013 Riot Avenue
\n04 \u2013 Fire It Up
\n05 \u2013 Downtown
\n06 \u2013 In the Night
\n07 \u2013 Church of Rock
\n08 \u2013 Heatseeker
\n09 \u2013 Sweet, Bad and Beautiful
\n10 \u2013 Be Gone
\n11 \u2013 Only the Dead Know<\/p>\n

Label: Frontiers Records<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.crazylixx.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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