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Sweden rocks!

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 06/06/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Maryslim is reason #1,486 why Sweden rocks harder than any other country. While mainstream radio in this country seems overrun by bands trying their best to sound like either Creed or Coldplay, Sweden has bands like Maryslim, whose catchy, melodic modern rock sound is somewhere between American Heartbreak (minus the Cheap Trick worship) and My Chemical Romance (minus the high concept) and actually makes you get up and move when you hear it.



2007's A Perfect Mess is the band's third full-length album (they have a handful of singles and EPs). It's full of incredibly catchy songs, and like so many other Swedish bands Maryslim's sound is insanely melodic. I wouldn't call it punk (it has too many good solos for that), but you can definitely hear similarities to bands like Green Day, Millencolin, and Wonderfools. Hypocrisy/Pain mainman Peter Tatgren produced this one, which is a fairly striking departure from his normal work. I think that's a testimony to both the band's quality as well as Tatgren's. The album closes on an interesting note; with The 69 Eyes vocalist Jyrki69 joining the band for an unbelievable cover of The Sisters of Mercy's This Corrosion.



This is what more modern rock bands should sound like. If you like upbeat melodic rock & roll, you have to check out Maryslim. Just don't expect to sit still listening to it.

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Marryslim rocks

James M. Keffer | leabon ohio | 02/06/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I agree totally with the cooperate rocker this cd is great .Althoght most of the songs have the same beat your find yourself singing along to the songs ,its that good.Froom high wings to the corrion song your find your self singing along because they are well written ,and well played. Buy this cd if you can and lets support a good sweedish band.I hope this review was helpfull to you"