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The Finnish Waltari always been controversial - some love them, others hate them. And with Release Date this won't change... They open up with a heavy riff-based track called Get Stamped. The song grooves and Kärtsy's vocals gives this song something special. Even if the end might surprise the listener, coz after a break it's only acoustic guitar, vocals and some strings... Then explodes and returns to the main theme. The electronic sounds give it some danceable groove. This song is fun! And as in the past Waltari show that they combine whatever they think fits together. A fast, heavy song is Let's Puke Together with some thrash elements. Kärtsy's vocals are melodic and catchy, but also have a gothic touch here and there... If you would take off speed, it would be a true metal song.. With Cityshamaani the Finnish recorded a mini opus with about 37 minutes running time - all 5 songs are separately listed. The song is splitted into 5 parts, but don't expect that they blend into each other! With spherical sounds they start into Night Flight. But heavy grooves and riffs are dominating the sound. Progressive elements... Breaks and weird vocals.... Again they push limits. A mixture of Pink Floyd and In Flames - musically... Well, that don't describe the part 1 at all, but gives an idea about the song. Part 2 Morning has jazz elements combined with heavy rock. And partly it has some Faith No More-ish sounds and vocal parts - here also some Clawfinger shines through. No easy listening! While part 3 Colgate Country Showdown and part 4 The Incarnation Party presents industrial / electro-pop sounds combined with Emerson-like keyboard sounds. Part 5 starts with the sound of the surf... some screaming seagulls... and then acoustic guitar. But they don't stay acoustic, even if they return to the acoustic theme. A ELP-ish track.
A techno-dance party seems to start with Hype. Heavy guitars, then some spoken words. The techno element is gone, but a disco groove been added instead. A bit monotonous... But danceable. The guitar-based Sex In The Beergarden is offering a melodic bridge / chorus, heavy riffs and some screams. One of the highlights is Wish I Could Heal which let me think again of Faith No More... A heavy crossover tune. And a catchy one, too. Well done!
Last, but not least the bonus track Spokebone where the guys been joined by Finnish ethno group Värttinä. A heavy danceable groover and without the folk part it would be a dance-floor hit. But especially this folk / ethno elements make the song outstanding. For me one of the highlights on Release Date!
Again this is an album which you will love or hate. The guys never choose the easy way and so I can only recommend open-minded fans to give it a try, but still this is challenging! Waltari fans will buy this CD anyway.
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