{"id":21261,"date":"2023-02-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21261"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:37:26","slug":"marvel-double-decade-the-sign-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21261","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e4rvel \u2013 \u2018Double Decade\u2019 (The Sign Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The self-proclaimed \u201cBarons of High Energy Rock n\u2019 Roll\u201d M\u00e4rvel celebrate their 20th<\/sup> anniversary with a double album of their greatest hits, B sides and hard to find tracks, collected together on vinyl for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish power trio, consisting of The King (Vocals\/guitar), The Burgher (bass) and The Vicar (drums) play the sort of high-octane rock n\u2019 roll usually reserved for the likes of Hellacopters, Gluecifer and Turbonegro and are influenced by the most flamboyant and hard-hitting rock bands from the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Double Decade\u2019 follows the release of last year\u2019s \u2018Graces Came With Malice\u2019 album and takes the listener on a ride through their 9 studio albums and a plethora of EPs and singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They open proceedings with the title track of their 2015 EP \u2018The Hills Have Eyes\u2019, a poptastic affair with handclaps, whistling and urgent, bombastic beats. It\u2019s so \u201cDisco Kiss\u201d it could be an outtake from \u2018Dynasty\u2019. In complete contrast, \u2018Bring It On\u2019 from the same EP, sees the trio veer off the Kiss train into laid back blues slumber, as The King wails \u2018Bring it on motherfuckers!\u201d over a sloppily delivered Billy Gibbons riff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the most recent \u2018Graces Came With Malice\u2019 and the covers opus \u2018Guilty Pleasures\u2019, all the studio albums are represented.  You wanted the best; you got the best! From the debut \u20185 Smell City\u2019 to the 2017 release \u2018At The Sunshine Factory\u2019, we get a snapshot of the best M\u00e4rvel have to offer. You want a band who sound like 70\u2019s Kiss meets Hellacopters, with a smattering of Thin Lizzy and Bolan thrown about for good measure? Then look no further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The punky \u2018T.N.H.\u2019 and \u2018The Effort\u2019 taken from the excellently titled \u2018Warhawks Of War\u2019 are two of my personal faves, along with \u2018Pyrrhic Victory\u2019 and the most awesome of B sides that is \u2018Ambassador Of Fantastic\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They include 2 new songs as well. \u2018Catch 22\u2019 and the killer \u2018Turn The Page\u2019 show that M\u00e4rvel have not lost the art of penning a catchy chorus or two over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another highlight and a bit of a curioso is \u2018The Devil Stole The Beat From The Lord\u2019, taken from the Hellacopters tribute album \u2018Payin The Dues\u2019 and is a faithful rendition of the classic and fits the vibe of this album perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of these songs you won\u2019t find on streaming sites, there\u2019s no videos on YouTube. Hell, you can\u2019t even find any info on Google (you try typing in \u201cM\u00e4rvel\u201d followed by \u201cMotherfucker\u201d and scroll through pages of Samuel L Jackson quotes!). But this sort of adds to the anonymity and excitement of the band and sets them apart from their peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Double Decade\u2019 is a killer 23 track compilation of one of the best unsung bands of Scandinavian rock n\u2019 roll, that have been treading the boards for the past 20 years. If you\u2019ve not discovered the joys of a M\u00e4rvel album, this is your perfect introduction. Long may they reign supreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The self-proclaimed \u201cBarons of High Energy Rock n\u2019 Roll\u201d M\u00e4rvel celebrate their 20th anniversary with a double album of their greatest hits, B sides and hard to find tracks, collected together on vinyl for the first time. The Swedish power trio, consisting of The King (Vocals\/guitar), The Burgher (bass) and The Vicar (drums) play the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[726,1211,978,891],"class_list":["post-21261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-ben-hughes","tag-marvel","tag-rock-n-roll","tag-scandi-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21263,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21261\/revisions\/21263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}