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Belgian’s Powerstroke basically sound like a huge barrel of groove laden fun on their third album In For A Penny, In For A Pound. It’s actually quite difficult to pigeonhole them into a nice, neat genre. The band describe themselves as containing “influences of Rock, Metal, Stoner, Punk, Hardcore… all blended in one hell of a cocktail.” Well, that’s pretty apt. I’ll raise a glass to that. Although I will say, God this band do remember the 80s. They’re not afraid to bring out the solos. And they do have shades of Testament in their riffs and their style. The band’s name, although totally cheesy, does actually make sense when you start listening to them and fair play to them for going there. As you would expect, Powerstroke are loud, primal, fast, clichéd, powerful, groovy as f**k and most of all, they sound like they’re having a great time. It’s the soundtrack to stumbling from one seedy dive bar to the next leaving a trail of chaos. The songs are horrendously catchy and instantly get stuck in your head. Singer Maarten Geeraert, despite being Belgian, does a pretty good Southern Rock voice too, which is actually pretty cool.

Track list:
1. Love To Hate
2. Face 2 Face
3. Until The Fat Lady Sings
4. Uncovered
5. Kickback
6. Just Sayin’
7. Thoughlove
8. Where My Heads Lies
9. Queen Of Mean
10. Doing Down In Style