I remember when I first came in touch with Vanity Insanity at the very cool and sadly missed Rock Out Wild festival in Sorsele, Sweden back in 2011. They showed great potential already back then with singer Viggo being quite the power-screamer! Today’s line-up features Viggo Svanberg Hanssen on lead vocals and guitar, Benjamin Bagge on guitar, Fredrik Bergström on bass and Johan Andersson on drums.
After a short intro, the title track kicks off in a powerful, hard driving classic sleasy vein. The mid-tempo Hider offers a bit more heavy riffing. I really like the fat and powerful production and the classic Marshall sounding guitar tone. Wheel Of Misfortune and Hold On offer some more classic sounding heavy riffing, with a strong late 70s/early 80s hard rock touch. Fake It ’Til You Make it draws a bit more from the classic era of Mötley Crüe and Ratt, at least before they go all Motörhead… and, aha, I see what you did there! The song if of course an ode to the band’s own influences. Any fans of the first two bands should definitely check this out! The album continues with yet another cool riff rocker in See Me Coming. Hell yeah! Slow, sleazy and stonery! Love it! Work, East, Sleep, Repeat starts off with an almost Rush-like rhythmic pattern, but soon enters into heavy, crunky sleaze-chugging territory, while the chorus is almost thrash-ish and may as well have been nicked off a F.K.Ü song. The album ends with Volountary Enslavement Of The Mind which sends the album off with another classic sounding sleazy hard rock offering. If you’re a fan of classic, melodic, sleazy hard rock with great musicians, high quality vocals and killer production, this one’s definitely for you! Well done, lads!
Janne Stark
Label: Vain Music
Year: 2026
Country: Sweden
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