The early 21st century saw many new bands emerge that worshiped good-time, anthemic heavy metal from the '80s.
The Darkness immediately come to mind, and also Finland's Lordi.
Musically and visually modeled after such groups as Kiss, Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister, and W.A.S.P., Lordi caused a sensation by winning the 2006 Eurovision contest, which in turn made their third release, The Arockalypse, a hit throughout Europe.
Fist-pumping metal with over the top theatrics abound throughout, especially on the album's Euro hit, "Hard Rock Hallelujah," as well as the oh-so-subtle "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock" and the power ballad "It Snows in Hell." Add special guest appearances by Kiss' Bruce Kulick, Accept's Udo Dirkschneider, and Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Jay Jay French, and you have quite a headbanging rock & roll party.
To sum it up succinctly, if GWAR actually wrote memorable songs, they would be quite a lot like Lordi.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCG3 Special ReportLordi | Lordi | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Bringing Back the Balls to RockLordi | Lordi | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Deadite Girls Gone WildLordi | Lordi | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | The Kids Who Wanna Play with the DeadLordi | Lordi | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | It Snows in HellLordi | Lordi, Bruce Kulick | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Hard Rock HallelujahLordi | Lordi | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | They Only Come out at NightLordi | Lordi, Udo Dirkschneider | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Good to Be BadLordi | Lordi | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | The Night of the Loving DeadLordi | Lordi | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Supermonstars (The Anthem Of The Phantoms) | Lordi | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Who's Your Daddy | Lordi | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Chainsaw Buffet | Lordi | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 44 mins | 102 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amen | Guitar, Main Personnel, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 2 | Awa | Keyboards, Main Personnel, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 3 | Udo Dirkschneider | Additional Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Svante Forsbäck | Audio Engineer, Mastering |
| 5 | Jay Jay French | Guest Artist, Guitar, Primary Artist |
| 6 | Kita | Drums, Main Personnel, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 7 | Bruce Kulick | Guest Artist, Guitar, Primary Artist |
| 8 | Lordi | Composer, Main Personnel, Member of Attributed Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Ox | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 10 | Ox | Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel |
| 11 | Dee Snider | Guest Artist |
| 12 | Stoner Kings | Vocals |
| 13 | Jyrki Tuovinen | Audio Production, Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |