Game of Fools

Well executed hard rock, but I couldn't really find anything special in it. This is a sound that was more or less settled in the 1980s, and no particular innovation here 30 years on. Similarly the lyrics are perfectly functional and fit to purpose but pretty meathead.

Sounds just like anything else you can hear on the classic rock oldies station. Sounds a lot like Iron Maiden. Occasionally whiffs of Audioslave. I like those bands and this band sounds good. For 2009 it feels a bit derivative.

Nicer than the cover suggests 3

Pretty standard hard rock release, but that's not a bad thing at all. Definitely needed an injection of distorted guitar this week, and the usual arrangements and lyrics got my head bobbing and kept me entertained which is all I can ask for.

This is the sort of hard rock I can really get into, and get into it I did. There are certainly lots of other more well-known options for this kind of music but this served me well to rock out this afternoon. Fun and a very enjoyable listen!

Liked this modern take on hard rock

lol I don't know what this is going to be but the cover SUCKS in a funny way. It kinda looks like it'll be heavy metal? Maybe from a non-English country? Greece? Ok, it's hard rock (close enough) and the singer sounds like Jimmy Barnes. They're Australian? Fuck, I never heard of them. I love Airbourne, so how did this escape me? Either way, pretty much up my alley. 4/5.

Hard rock is a kind of practice for the dust of Oz. Koritni lay down a respectable record here, one that stays on the road and is thus clean inasmuch as the jalopy holds together. The closing words from boozing skeletons are disarmingly encouraging: Sunlight falls on the hills outside the rotting house and friendship survives the land of the dead, I suppose.

I find the album cover a little misleading. I was expecting metal, but all I got was some good ol' fashioned hardrock. Melodic, catchy and good to listen to! Also a little too smooth for my taste, but that didn't spoil the party.

I know they say not to judge an album by its cover, but I did and I was wrong. I was expecting some type of death-metal/grindcore/growly vocal type bullshit, but this was like 80's throwback hard rock. Still not quite my cup of tea but not half bad. 3 stars.

Images that go hard

Some 2000's (that's now classic) rock band. Fine listening.

Only 20 years too late.

I don't think this is that bad, but rather I think other Albums kind of handled this sound just way better.

There's being late to the party - and then there's turning up 20 years after it finished.

-Look at the cover art -looks like lame rip off of megadeth -listen to first 15 seconds -it’s a lame rip off of megadeth with less metal and more lame rock sound -keep listening, nothing changes -turn off

Eh..never heard of em. Super generic 80's "hard rock." Nothing stood out. Maybe they never "made it" out of Australia?

This would've fit perfectly among my cassette tapes in college. I would've put it in my walkman for my commute to campus and play it every day. I loved this rocking good time.

This really hit the spot! Back-to-back bangers. Really got into it, very energetic and enjoyable. Great accompaniment for my Friday afternoon. More like this will be very welcome!!!!

8/10. I didn't hear anything revolutionary, but definitely a solid hard rock album. I liked roll the dice and tornado dreaming 2

Sometimes modern alt rock, sometimes Van Halen’s grandkids, sometimes Led Zeppelin’s great-grandkids, always fun

Pretty good

Some solid hard rock, pleasant to listen to.

Hard rock. Me ha gustado, un 4.

A very welcome sound in this list. Pretty straight forward hard rock... it sounds as if Kix took the Black Crowes singer. Everything is pretty energetic and fun, reasonably melodic and has a good driving beat. Rounding up a little bit.

If Jimmy Barnes had a jam with the rhythm section of AC/DC, and asked Slash to play some sick solos from time to time. Great stuff!

The aussie Guns n roses, in a good way

They nailed the classic hard rock song even if it felt like they were playing the same song over and over. I think with multiple listens I’d really like most of the songs on here. I’m impressed so far at least 80% of the user submitted list I’ve gotten are from bands I’ve never heard of. Always love discovering new music!

I was great

Well, Sleaze Rock is definitely an appropriate name for this genre. It really captures the feeling of the 80s hair metal bands, but with a slightly more modern feel. It's not particularly what I was looking for, but they execute it well, and it's a fun album overall that feels like a throwback to no year in particular 4/5

Is it good? Yes Is it essential? Probably not My rate of 4 stars makes sense? No, I'm sure

Good musicians and singer, but can't get rid of the feeling that I am listening to a 80's Glam Rock tribute band.

Good old fashioned guitar rock like Aerosmith and mainstream Guns’n’Roses, but lacking the killer memorable hooks of superstar hard rock.

This was a pretty wild album. From the album cover I assumed it was going to be kind of trash. Then when it started it and I had my bootcut jeans on and spiked my hair and rocked out. This is the perfect music for your dive bar. It’s not great but it has its moments where it’s plenty of fun. This gives Nickelback a run for their money. 6.4/10

Rating: 6/10

80s hair metal lives on down under. This is nothing particularly special but was a fun listen. The run of enjoyable albums continues. Rating: 3.5 Playlist track: Game of Fools Date listened: 22/08/24

fun rock i enjoyed more than i thought i would, does go a bit Nickleback at times 2.6

Agree with everyone who says this album looks like it’s going to suck so hard because of this ridiculous album cover. But was pleasantly surprised to hear some quality hard rock that I can headbang a bit to. Rock on!

This was a perfectly serviceable, well-played hard rock album, although it seems late to the game without adding anything new to the genre.

It felt like the soundtrack of a G-rated sport movie and I think I liked it

This isn’t a bad album, but for something that comes out in 2009 it sounds too much like it’s 70’s influences to be anything that special in my view. If I’m going to listen to hard rock I’d rather listen to the classics than this.

I get a big taste of David Coverdale and Whitesnake in this. Maybe a bit of Poison. Fender heavy and just classic 80s rock components. Released in the 2000s. Zoinks.

I'm not sure which band, but it reminds me of a shitty band... It's aight I guess.

I rarely seek out music like this nowadays, but this is solid.

Wow. I thought they stopped making this stuff in 1989! It's not changing the world, and many bands did it better in hard rocks golden age, but it's great this is still being catered to, and it's done well.

Never heard of this band. It's like a slightly more modern take on hard rock but completely forgetable and utterly bland. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Well, this isn't a bad album, but it is also a thoroughly unoriginal album that contributes nothing but a fun 40-ish minutes to your life. Yes, the album is 51 minutes long. It gets tired after 40 though.

I have to wonder what makes one think that what this list needs is more hard rock from the 2000s. Not a bad record though

Pretty good rock album! Crisp and great vocals. The thunder down under or something like that.

Black Crowsish bluesy hard rock. Won me toward the end.

Never heard of this band. Really shit cover. Let's listen...Better that the cover. Genetic well executed hard rock. Singer good but hits a lot of cliches vocal stylings. Bit AC/DC bit Audioslave.

From the cover and the year I wasn't expecting what I got, which was perfectly serviceable straight ahead hard(ish) rock and roll. A fun if unexceptional album.

Decent execution of the template 80's influenced Rock, but brought absolutely nothing new to my speakers.

TL: DR

This album is a fairly straightforward hard rock album with touches of hair metal and glam thrown in. The musicianship is fine and the singer has a great voice for the genre. The lyrics weren’t great however and this album came out 25-30 years too late. There is nothing unique about this album.

Uninspiring and generic Hard Rock with mediocre songs.

Very bland and annoying voice.

Rode this one like a wave, up and down. By song three I was enjoying it. A few songs later I was tired of it. I'm not sure I needed two "Tornado Chasing" tracks. It's fine, played well, but would definitely be flagged for plagiarism if it went through one of those scanners. Copies a bit too hard from the likes of Van Halen ("By My Side") and AC/DC ("Game Of Fools"). Favorite track: "You Vs Me"

Boring 80's hard rock made in 2009.

Good old rock and roll, eh? Classic sound, seems like a band forgotten by time. 2009 for this is pretty wild. Not bad by any stretch, but I didn't find it very interesting. 2.5/5

I didn’t really get anything out of this - ‘80s style hard rock that wouldn’t have stood out in the ‘80s, and just felt incredibly dated for 2009

There are two demographics that would seek this out: divorced dads and marketing professionals working on a commercial for an oversized pickup truck that will spend its whole existence in the suburbs never being used for its intended purpose. The truck will be purchased by the divorced dad who will then complain about gas prices.

Hmmm, yes. Rock

This sort of AC/DC-clone aussie pub rock revival of the 2000's really only yielded two bands worth mentioning: Airbourne and this one. In truth, neither are worth appraisal because later acts like The Chats and Amyl and the Sniffers more successfully fused the sound with more garage punk energy. Are they a competent band? Sure. Lots of bands can write a few riffs and play a rock beat under it. Is it good? Not really! And 50 minutes on top of that, there's really no need. CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: lol no.

It's not really breaking any new ground.

This is an album that felt that the 2000s didn't have enough of bro rock and wanted to give us one more album to suffer through.

The guy who submitted this went through the entire list, gave a 1/5 to everything that wasn't cock rock, finished, submitted a cock rock album, then went through the users list and gave everything a 1/5 until he finally got to his own submission, gave it a 5/5 and left forever. I fully respect that but I also really fucking hate cock rock, so it's a 2/5 from me, chief.

2009!? It sounds so dated.

Competent riff-based rock, let down by the vocals. By coincidence, Mick Ralphs died last week so I was promped to listen to Bad Company to remind myself how it should really be done.

Like progress never happened

I don’t to be too mean, because I think there’s a fair chance OP is a member of or has a strong connection to this band. That’s the only way I can understand this being submitted to the list. It’s 20 years out of date and sounds like a second rate Nickleback.

Uninspiring, generic, devoid of a unique idea. This could be anytime or any band really and not 2009 Shame on them- they could have tried to something different.

Everything I never want to hear all wrapped up in one perfect storm of suck. Every cliche is employed. Not a single original moment.