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Hellfueled - Born II Rock

Has Ozzy Sued These Guys Yet? - 60%

Erin_Fox, October 29th, 2006

Somebody’s in the Zakk Wylde fan club here, that’s no doubt.

Okay, remember the eighties? Hellfueled does.

They can remember a time when Ozzy Osbourne released albums like “The Ultimate Sin” and “No More Tears”.

Sometimes they even stop and ponder the Randy Rhoads years.

Singer Andy Alkman does an impression of Ozzy even better than the dude in Sheavy, but the real kicker here has to be the guitar wizardry of Jocke Limbgren, who manhandles the guitar and deserves recognition as a fine shredder in his own right, which begs the question: Does the Ozzman seeketh?

Killer guitars can’t keep the group from sounding like a total Ozzy clone, however. “Look Out” is a textbook example of a song that Ozzy never wrote, but may have. If you closed your eyes while listening to this and your friend told you that this was the new Ozzy record, they’d believe it.

Even still, this album has its high points such as the sleazy, grinding “Friend” and the blustery leadoff cut, “Can’t Get Enough.” Did we say that this sounds just like Ozzy? Axe-slingers take note.