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Albums Of The Week: The Hellacopters | Overdriver

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Less than three years after their triumphant, chart-storming comeback record Eyes Of Oblivion — which entered the charts at No. 1 in their home country and No. 3 in Germany — Sweden’s most consistently great rock outfit Hellacopters are back with another banger of an album.

Overdriver was recorded at Strawberry Studio and The Honk Palace and is the first Hellacopters album entirely produced by Nicke Andersson. As you might expect from a Hellacopters album, it’s filled to the brim with roaring guitars and earth-shattering grooves, fist-raising energy and anthemic choruses, while keeping the variety richer than ever before. The striking cover for Overdriver was created by German illustrator Max Löffler.

Released in 2022, Eyes Of Oblivion was their first full-length since their (temporary) farewell record Head Off in 2008. After charting at No. 1 in Sweden, No. 3 in Germany and No. 6 in Finland, the band celebrated a triumphant return. Eager to keep the rock flowing, in 2024 the band released not one but two stunning versions of their classic Grande Rock album, originally released in 1999. Grande Rock Revisited included a remastered original version and a remixed and partially re-recorded version showing how the album could have sounded in a parallel universe with guitarist Dregen. After making rock grande again, the group set sights on new material, debuting the phenomenal single Stay With You in May 2024.”