Explositive by Kontrust

1. Dance
The album opens up strong with this song. The main riff of the song is badass and gets me headbanging immediately. This song, like most Kontrust songs, is split up into the male parts and the female parts. The male singer's name is Stefan and the female singer's name is Agata. Stefan did the verses on this song and Agata did the chorus. The first verse wasn't bad, but the second verse was straight up badass. Agata nails the chorus with catchy lyrics that maintain the metal sound. This song is definitely a +1.

2. Why
This song is weird as hell. The verses are whatever, but the chorus is amazing. It's repetitive as hell, but it gets me headbanging all the same. Still, it definitely feels like filler. Damn good filler, but filler nonetheless. I'd give this one a very positive 0.

3. Just propaganda
This song pairs a message that I like with an amazing sound. The verses of this song are metal as hell. The guitar is raw and Stefan adds a lot to that sound by sounding arguably more raw. When Agata chimes in, she goes more melodic. Stefan and Agata make a rather beautiful duo in this song. Seriously, shout out to the drummer, Roman. He kills it on this song.
This song gets a very enthusiastic +1.

4. Freak on
The guitar on this song is amazing. The  baghpipes were a great addition as well. The vocals are all over the place on this one. I'm not really a big fan of the chorus. Or really any part of the singing on this song. The vocals were pretty meh. If there was an instrumental version of this song, I'd listen to the hell out of it. As it stands, I'll have to give this song an unfortunate -1.

5. Shut up
This song is just classic Kontrust as far as I stand. I'ma fan of this one. Again, the riffs on this song are the highlight. The vocals are good and the Lyrics are fitting, but it never reached the high of "just propaganda" or even "dance". I'd give this song a solid 0.

6. Cosmic girls
Holy shit does this song just embody groove. It's so damn groovy. Makes me wanna move. Makes me wanna DANCE. Yeah, I did that. Anyways, the vocals are really damn excellent in this song. The chorus has got me moving and the verses make me wanna jump around. Good shit. The instruments just really serve the vocals on this one. Again, shout out to Roman, the drummer. Damn good show man. I give this song an enthusiastic 0.

7. Vienna
I don't know how to feel about this one. On one hand, I friggin love the riffs. On the other hand, something just feels disappointing about it. It feels like everything is just building up to this huge chorus during the verses and it just.......well it doesn't. It's not bad, I guess. I just wish there was something MORE bombastic about this one. I think Kontrust is at it's best when it's just fucking bonkers. So yeah. This one gets a -1.

8. Bulldozer
This song goes " oh? Did you say you wanted something bombastic and fucking bonkers? Well, here ya go!" This song is fucking excellent. From the badass guitar riffs to the amazing drums to the angry as hell Lyrics. Sometimes I wish I had a bulldozer too, Stefan. Total +1.

9. Play!
This song is fucking crazy. It's just flat out insane. Probably the heaviest song on this album. It's damn good as you may imagine. It continues to prove to me that Kontrust is definitely not for everyone, but it is for me. +1.

10. This is my show
This song serves as Agata's theme song. She shows just why she is one of the lead singers in this band. From the slower more melodic verses to the harder yet still melodic chorus. The guitar in the chorus adds a lot to the sound. Stefan does have some hand in this one, but this is definitely Agata's song. This is her show for sure. +1

11. Bad time
The guitar steals the show on this one. This song is like "freak on" if the vocals didn't suck. Take off freak on and replace it with this song, that would've made this album much better. Still, all albums have flaws, I suppose. I'm tempted to give this one a 0 for the vocals that don't quite live up to the amazing guitar, but I think i'll give this one a more hesitant +1.

12. Ladies
This song is just really good. You are probably sick of hearing it, but damn are the guitar riffs on this song badass. I would say this is the only song that matches the height of "just propaganda" for me vocals wise as well. Just damn good. Nuff said. +1.

13. Lucky bastard
This one is pretty good as well. The chorus makes this song in a way very similar to "dance". Definitely not as good as "ladies" or "dance", but it's up there for sure. This is definitely a positive note to leave the album on. +1.

So let's rank these songs.

1. Just propaganda +1
2. Bulldozer +1
3. Dance +1
4. Ladies +1
5. Lucky Bastard +1
6. Play! +1
7. This is my show +1
8. Bad time +1
9. Cosmic girls 0
10. Why 0
11. Shut up 0
12. Vienna -1
13. I freak on -1

All in all. 8/13 tracks were +1. 3/13 were 0. And only 2/13 were -1. That means that less than 1% of this album is bad. At least according to me. In other words, over 99% of this album is either good or great. With roughly 61% of the 99% being great. The majority of this album is great; ergo, it's a great album. A great album with some flaws, but a great album nonetheless. I would give this album a rating of............................my neck hurts.

It's a great album, but I think that it could still be much better. When there's that much room for improvement, it would be a sin to give it my highest rating. Anything lower would be a disservice to this great and truly unique music. So, to better days and better albums!!!! Or not

Next up. Blue Stahli's dubut self-titled album. We'll see.