This could have stunk the place up but Volbeat pulls it off, as always they vary and meld styles together. These guys are not genre snobs. Metal, punk, pop, thrash and classic country (ala Johnny Cash not todays trash), Great playing, great production, great hooks, great band and the addition of former Anthrax guitarist Rob C works beautifully.
I read this was derivitive of Metallicas Black Album ...and it is - but I LIKE the Black album so I figured give this a shot. Problem is while I do find some songs similar in tone, structure and tempo I don't find anything on this album as good as Tallica... First spin and I feel these songs to be oversimplified, I didn't connect to the lyrics and I definitely did not like the vocal style. It isn't that its terrible its just not for me. I will give it another few spins and see w2hat I think. The above is my first impression