вЂњThey tell us everythingвЂ™s alright and we just go along, how can we sleep at night when somethingвЂ™s clearly wrong?вЂќ ask the lyrics.ДЇollowing up is вЂњMidnight Queen,вЂќ a very unoriginal, aggressive and heavy piece about hanging out in some deathtrap bar where a badass bartender chick makes it all (the trouble to be encountered) worth the while. It certainly looks like Nickelback took a risk on this record and while itвЂ™s not bad by its self, in the compilation it feels unnatural. Next hails вЂњWhen We Stand Together.вЂќ It is very popish, slower, a lot more instrumental and very different from the two tracks preceding it.

While the sonic tone is slightly less aggressive on this one, the theme of the song is about partying with your friends so hard, that the pure number of drunk people in your company will be too much for the bouncers to handle and you will not be kicked out of the bar. вЂњBottoms UpвЂќ keeps the adrenaline going and the mood rowdy on this ode to excessive drinking. While jumping and dancing away in some mosh-pit to this track is possible, the lyrics вЂњthe only thing to say is the banner that you wave to be wrapped around your graveвЂќ dampen the frenzied fun. Drums evenly beat away as distorted guitars reign over them with roaring bass.

The album begins with вЂњThis Means War,вЂќ a decent track (one of the best on the album) that is fast and rhythmic. Their latest album, Here And NowВ follows their career in the same vein itвЂ™s a largely unremarkable album that is neither awesomely bad nor terribly good, but people will end up liking it for some ephemeral reason. Sometimes a band comes along that lacks originality and/or emotional resonance yet still mysteriously manages to attract a loyal fanbase.

New nickelback album review