ALBUM REVIEW: RATTLESNAKE Want To “Rock You All”
It’s the story of a “comeback”. After being active in the 90’s, Swiss hard-rockers from Geneva RATTLESNAKE relaunched their band a few years ago in the same Hard Rock/Kick ass Rock n’ roll way and the aim to release some effort and hit the road to play a bunch of gigs.
Months… ok years later, the band shared a few weeks ago and for limited release (only for the fans) an EP called ‘Rock You All‘ available worldwide right now for CD & digital editions on Bandcamp and the main music platforms. You
‘Rock You All‘ kicks off with hard rocking “Midnite Ride” with a real headbanging hard sounding riff laden blast. “Dog Without A Bone” keeps the hard rock blues a-coming with a great solid rhythm that will clear you ears out. This is one to turn up loud and shake yourself down to.
“Love With A Zombie” is a fantastic track that is reminiscent of “Hell’s Bells”, slow, steady with a chugging rhythm that will go down well with a beer or two. Screaming vocals for the chorus and hypnotic drums pulls you along nicely. Next is “Wet And Ready” and the pace is stepped up a notch with lascivious dripping vocals that just screams dirty hard rock. A great rhythm and a good classic bluesy rock and roll solo is the cherry on top.
Last, but not least, comes the title track “Rock You All” sliding in, southern rock style as the chugging rhythm builds into a solid delivery of a rock tune.
Overall, this is a great Hard Blues Rock EP, Raph’s vocals is a whole mixture of Bon Scott, Brian Johnston, and David Coverdale and the influences do come through strongly, but that is no bad thing. If you want a good solid Hard Rock EP then this is the one for you. Its a little gem of musical fun and delivers solid tracks that will sit well with many a collection of Hard Rock albums.
The original RATTLESNAKE travelled the roads from 1990 to 1994, and in 2012 Dylan (Drums) aged 17, convinced his father Raph, the original singer of the band, to revive the band and fly the flag of their motto : Kick Ass Rock’N’Roll.
From gig to gig the snake has gained in assurance and attracted new recruits into its fangs, Basti (bass) and Indy (guitar). Mixing original tracks from Rattlesnake era 1 and 2 with covers from bands such as Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, Angel City or the Starfighters, the band gained attention and followers thanks to their energetic live performances sweating Rock’N’Roll from every pore. The Bass player and the band went separate ways after the recording was completed for time management reasons, and he was replaced by a well-known bass player from the local Swiss and International scene, Bourreau (the henchman) also know as Bison by his friends (ex-Apocalypse and current bass player for Cosmosonic).
The time came to put all of this energy onto a CD and in September 2018 the band locked themselves into the Geneva Downtone studio with Thomas ‘Drop’ Betrisey (guitar player for Samael) to lay down the tracks for their new EP : Rock You All. The EP contains 5 tracks and with an introduction by long-time friend Ruyter Suys (Guitar player for Nashville Pussy), the EP delivers the goods with a powerful mixture of vintage tastes and modern sounds.
