{"id":25205,"date":"2013-01-19T09:09:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T14:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=25205"},"modified":"2014-02-16T09:10:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T14:10:36","slug":"rocka-rollas-conquer-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/rocka-rollas-conquer-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocka Rollas | <em>Conquer<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Justin Gaines<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; News Editor \/ Senior Columnist &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Rocka-Rollas.jpg\" alt=\"Rocka Rollas\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Rocka-Rollas.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Rocka-Rollas-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Swedish traditional metal warriors Rocka Rollas returned late last year with a new EP titled <em>Conquer<\/em>. The 4-song offering is intended as a preview of what\u2019s in store on the band\u2019s upcoming full-length Metal Strikes Back. If you caught the Rocka Rollas debut <em>The War of Steel Has Begun<\/em>, you probably already know that what\u2019s in store is metal and lots of it.<\/p>\n<p>Rocka Rollas is all about the old school heavy metal sound. Their very name is an obvious nod to Judas Priest, but you can tell Accept, Iron Maiden and Grim Reaper are other influences. You hear it in the rapid-fire riffs, killer solos and pounding rhythms of \u201cBloodbath\u201d and the title track especially, and the ultra-melodic, ultra cheesy (in the best possible way) \u201cRiding the Metal Storm\u201d sounds like vintage Helloween. The vocals are powerful and dynamic, but not as high-pitched as on the debut, which is a plus. The absolutely blistering 2-minute instrumental \u201cSteelwheeler\u201d closes the EP in style, and when it\u2019s done you\u2019re absolutely left wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>With just four tracks, it\u2019s hard to get too excited about this EP, but <em>Conquer<\/em> does accomplish what it set out to do \u2013 namely, get you interested in Metal Strikes Back. Whether you\u2019re a fan of the new wave of traditional metal bands like Air Raid, 3 Inches of Blood and Enforcer or the classic heavy metal bands that inspired those bands in the first place, Rocka Rollas is a band that\u2019s well worth hearing, and <em>Conquer<\/em> is a good snapshot of the band\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Heavy Metal<\/p>\n<p>Band:<br \/>\nCederick Forsberg (g) (b) (d) (v)<br \/>\nJoe Liszt (v)<\/p>\n<p>Track Listing:<br \/>\n1.\tBloodbath<br \/>\n2.\tConquer<br \/>\n3.\tLiving the Metal Storm<br \/>\n4.\tSteelwheeler<\/p>\n<p>Label: Stormspell<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/rockarollas\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/rockarollas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hardrock Haven rating: 8.25\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Justin Gaines &#8211; News Editor \/ Senior Columnist &#8212; Swedish traditional metal warriors Rocka Rollas returned late last year with a new EP titled Conquer. The 4-song offering is intended as a preview of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/rocka-rollas-conquer-cd-review\/\" title=\"Rocka Rollas | Conquer\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8704],"tags":[336,2491,334,5294],"class_list":{"0":"post-25205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-arcrvws2013","7":"tag-cd","8":"tag-heavy-metal","9":"tag-review","10":"tag-stormspell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}