After an album that served both as catharsis and a transition to a new era, Bukowski is back, stronger than ever. Back to basics, or almost, because simply repeating an already proven recipe would have been too easy. Cold Lava is above all the first album recorded by Bukowski with their latest line-up, stabilized and complete for three years now.While we have always appreciated Bukowski's universe, somewhere between stoner and hard rock, all spiced up with a good dose of groove, the band did not hesitate this time to add a nice helping of more alternative and ambient sounds to their saturated recipe. There is somewhere a hint of Thrice or, to a lesser extent, of Thursday and Alexisonfire on certain tracks. Buko will always remain Buko, but its evolution brings a breath of fresh air to music that is still intense and hammered out with conviction. Returning to shorter songs, certainly, but without going in circles, is so much more exhilarating. It has to move, it has to dance, but always serving the cause of the most intoxicating headbanging.Fired up, Bukowski has achieved the album they secretly wanted to make for a good many years. Power, emotion, chorus... and rock in several forms.Cold Lava or fire under ice. Beware of still waters, the storm is close at hand.
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