They have been working for twenty years and are releasing their tenth album with Earth Rocker. When you put on that tenth album, you wonder why the veterans of Clutch don't have a bigger fan base, because what an album this is! 'I will suffer no evil / My guitar will guide me through' frontman Neil Fallon roars in the opening track. And that's just the way it is: the guys from Clutch pump one fat
… power riff after another from their guitars. You can only sit still and relax during Gone Cold, an acoustic blues song. Earth Rocker is full of steaming hard rock. The great thing is that there is a groove in most songs that most hard rock bands lack. Record the song DC Sound Attack! which is in fact a kind of rhythm & blues, but with hair on its teeth. Earth Rocker is already considered a pinnacle in Clutch's oeuvre among their loyal fans. And rightly so, true headbangers (and especially those who like to visit the Roadburn festival) should certainly not miss this dirty picture. (PdK)more
