WOLFMOTHER — Cosmic Egg (review)

WOLFMOTHER — Cosmic Egg album cover Album · 2009 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
UMUR
"Cosmic Egg" is the 2nd full-length studio album by Australian hard rock act Wolfmother. The album was released through Modular Recordings (a sub-label to Universal Records) in October 2009.

Despite a couple of lineup changes since the release of the self-titled debut album in 2005, the music on "Cosmic Egg" pretty much continue down the same 70s influenced hard rock road as the music on the debut album. Bandleader/lead vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale is obviously the heart of the band and as long as he is in the band they will sound like Wolfmother. The tracks are generally energetic with powerful hard rocking riffs and memorable vocal hooklines, but there are also some more mellow psychadelic influences on the album. I´d say the band are equally influenced by an acts like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin and by a band like The Beatles. The quality of the material is generally high, the sound production powerful and the musicianship excellent.

Actually it´s hard to come up with anything negative about "Cosmic Egg". Maybe sometimes they wear their influences a bit too much on their sleeve and for a hard rock act they might be a bit too polished for some people, but upon conclusion "Cosmic Egg" is instantly enjoyable to my ears and at the same time it´s a very professional product. A 4 star (80%) rating is warranted.
Share this review

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Hin helga kvöl Atmospheric Sludge Metal
SÓLSTAFIR
Buy this album from MMA partners
The Cycles of Suffering Black Metal
BURIAL OATH
Buy this album from MMA partners
Facilis Descensus Averno Death Metal
SAEVUS FINIS
Buy this album from MMA partners
Merciless Crossover Thrash
BODY COUNT
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us