Just when I thought metal was succumbing to the mighty dollar and fakery, Beautiful Creatures come out of nowhere like a tsunami and wipe the floor with the competition, yet so tragically get no recognition for it. This album belongs back in 1991 when a majority of alternative-metal acts were way ahead of their time and produced songs to die for. BC are no different, even more shocking is the fact that they have Joe LeSte of sleazers Bang Tango on vocals, but file this album alongside Love/Hate and Brides Of Destruction's 'Here Comes The Brides' as full pelt rock 'n' roll Armageddon. This is heavy, melodic and sincere, from the heart and soul of rock 'n' roll, forget Guns 'n' Roses and all that commercial crap that takes a decade to come out, this band deserve to be huge, they have the anthems and the spirit to fill arena's and yet no-one seems to get it, how does such a momentous band slip under the radar, especially when you consider the amount of shit out there that sells by the bucketload. BC are cool as fuck, '1:00 am' pumps in like a sweaty, pounding hangover, the riffs similar to BOD's 'Shut The Fuck Up', but 'Wasted' is the lost anthem we've been waiting for since the early '90s, this could easily slip onto early Crue, it's grinding and raspy and you just don't expect the chorus to hit you like it does.
It's difficult picking out favourite tracks, but every track will fulfill the dream of every serious metaller because this is at once glam, sleaze and pure heavy rock, 'Step Back' will please the purists, 'Wish' should have every lighter waving and 'Kicking For Days' has a funky strut Love/Hate would've churned out.
You must not miss this record, don't let this band become swallowed by the nu-metal garbage, save them because they are saviours of rock 'n' roll. Note: check out DJ Ashba on Nikki Sixx's Sixx AM record.
9/10
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