Album Review: Spitfire - Welcome to Bone City

Rockers used to be in "Paradise City" today in "Bone City". With "Welcome to Bone City" the German answer to Volbeat presents their second long player and the successor to "Devil's Dance" is in no way inferior to its predecessor. Kick Ass Rock'n'Roll in perfection. With this album, «Spitfire» from Munich is trying to top their cracker debut from 2. Metal meets Rock'n'Roll as well as Hard Rock meets Rockabilly or was it something with punk rock or southern rock? It doesn't matter, because this record is just plain fun. Tough guys and hot chicks, big bikes (or sleds) and lots of stories about the typical topics. A little GTA to listen to is what «Spitfire» is presenting to us here.

Full throttle rock'n'roll of the three men brand is enough to combine nice noise with good melodies. You get infected and carried away or the disc runs past you. Running past is not possible with this disc. «Welcome To Bone City» reminds me of my first experience with Volbeat's «Music The Rebel/Metal The Devil». As you can see from the pseudonym of the frontman (Dick Dropkick) and his comrades-in-arms Johnny Jailbreak (bass) and Nikk Nitro (drums), the trio leaves no cliché and thus perhaps no blunder. Take a little "The Bones", add street punk à la "Dropkick Murphys" (minus the Irish) and a lot of sleaze stuff and the mix is ​​complete. The closest thing that comes to mind for the author is «Hardcore Superstar» as a musical starting point.

SpitFire - Fall From Grace (official video HD)

This album is all about the fucked up town of Bone City, which has all the typical rock clichés. Bad guys, pimps, hookers, losers and winners. Don't forget drugs and alcohol, of course. The record lives from the typical clichés, danceable rock'n'roll that invites you to pogo. The three Bavarians stay true to their style and don't want to come across as anything else, which makes them more than authentic. In addition, there are brilliant guitar solos, backed by Dick Dropkick's unique vocals. After a short intro, «Here We Go» gets straight to the point. Somewhere far away from Motörhead, the song doesn't really blow my mind. "Too Young To Die" convinces with a killer refrain. Exactly that seems to be the trio's strength, hard-hitting verses turn into melodic refrains. I like that kind of thing and I don't care if something is innovatively reinvented here or if you use a simple, well-known knitting pattern.

«Queen Of The Night» is a bit more restrained, but also hits the woodwork well. Again, this track has a pretty good chorus, but here it is noticeable that this song differs a bit from the previous one. This one wants to be heard more often, as it doesn't catch your ear as quickly as its predecessors, but after 3:35 at the latest even the last one knows that she is the "Queen Of The Night". "Bone City Radio", on the other hand, could also be on the debut: "Oooohooooo" passages, driving drums, uptempo. In general, the middle part of the album is very heavily occupied with "Fall From Grace", "Hell & High Water" or "Bridges Burned", which has an extremely great melody in the chorus and a fat guitar solo. Unfortunately, songs keep cropping up that don't really spark («Motorman») before it gets gripping again with a slight Western atmosphere («Battlefield»). «Battlefield» reminds a little of the last Volbeat disc in terms of the basic mood, but it would have been a lonely highlight on this one. This is what “Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies” would have sounded like with eggs.

SpitFire - Bone City Radio (official audio)

Towards the end the record dies down a little bit, the last numbers can't always keep the high level of the first 10 songs. It sounds bad at first, but it's not that wild. These songs also have their charm and belong to the whole. The limited edition also comes with the cool bonus track «Dangerzone» (Remember Top Gun?), so the advice is clear: folks, get the limited version of the album so you don't miss this hard-rocking song. «Welcome To Bone City» doesn't knock your socks off from start to finish, but it does have a multitude of full-throttle rockers that pull you in. So if you feel like spending three quarters of an hour in the den of sin, you should listen. Overall, the new disc seems more coherent than its predecessor. Where the debut seemed like a collection of hits from various songwriting sessions, "Welcome To Bone City" comes from a single source. The basic mood is maybe a bit darker, sometimes calmer, more thoughtful tones are struck at the right places. The "WhoooHoooo" parts have been kept to a minimum, sometimes at the expense of the hits, but this disc has enough good songs of the "Bridges Burned" or "Bone City Radio" vein to get the next party going. The three guys still have their trademarks on board, but subtly added a few nuances to the sound. The Bavarians usually step on the gas and their pieces have recognition value.

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Tracklist:

1. Welcome To Bone City (Intro)
2. Here We Go
3. Too Young To Die
4. Queen Of The Night
5. Bone City Radio
6. Fall From Grace
7. motorman
8. Battlefield
9. Hell & High Water
10. Bridges Burned
11. Last Gang In Town
12. Take Me Home
13. Dust and Bones
14. deserado
15. Dangerzone (bonus track CD)

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