{"id":103238,"date":"2024-05-09T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103238"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:16:53","slug":"album-review-lynx-claws-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lynx-claws-out\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u0178NX – Claws Out (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\u0178NX
Claws Out<\/strong><\/span>
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\nBullzhorn (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The look and feel of this debut full-length album just screams late 80s sleaze metal and the sound here very much pays homage to the halcyon days of smudged eyeliner, scratchy vocals and Sunset Strip fantasies but with an occasional contemporary gloss. It\u2019s generic but fun as the feisty Calgary, Alberta-based band takes influence from the likes of Bon Jovi, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, Dokken, Ratt, and Faster Pussycat in their quest for party rock.<\/p>\n

\u2018Shake It Up\u2019 is very much the epitome of what the catty combo is about, a raucous and catchy little number that so desperately wants to be back in 1986. As with a lot of these releases you also get forced to digest the heartfelt token rocky ballad, in this case \u2018Nothing But Love\u2019, which isn\u2019t as bad as you\u2019d imagine with its Skid Row soul. It is sandwiched by a wholesome batch of lively rockers. \u2018Can\u2019t Get Enough\u2019 is joyously goofy, the title track is fiery and memorable, as is the nostalgic romp \u2018Hell In High Heels\u2019.<\/p>\n

These guys have no interest in being progressive, they just want nothing but a good time and there\u2019s not a thing wrong with that. I could of course instead point you in the direction of far better, yet criminally ignored bands from the era that L\u00ffnx mimics, but instead let\u2019s just jump in this particular hot tub and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll all night.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L\u0178NXClaws Out Bullzhorn (2024)Rating: 7\/10 The look and feel of this debut full-length album just screams late 80s sleaze metal and the sound here very much pays homage to the halcyon days of smudged eyeliner, scratchy vocals and Sunset Strip fantasies but with an occasional contemporary gloss. It\u2019s generic but fun as the feisty Calgary, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-lynx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103240,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103238\/revisions\/103240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}