Search - Mustasch :: Latest Version of the Truth

Bow mortals, before the almighty Mustasch!

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 10/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I know what you're thinking. Who the hell is Mustasch and why should I possibly care? Mustasch was this year's WTF band from the annual ProgPower USA festival. It seems like every year there's a band on the lineup that nobody knows and that totally blows everyone away. This is how I discovered bands like Mercenary, Freak Kitchen, and Devin Townsend, and this year it was Grammy-winning Swedish hard rock heroes Mustasch. They're not really prog, and definitely aren't power metal, but seeing them live was a phenomenal experience, and one that had me racing for the merch tables as soon as their set was complete. That's where I grabbed their 2007 album Latest Version of the Truth.



Mustasch rocks. No wait, let me rephrase that. Mustasch flat out ROCKS! If the Cult's Ian Astbury got roaring drunk with Zakk Wylde and Tony Iommi, the resulting chaos would sound something like this album. Mustasch has this pure, pounding hard rock sound with plenty of Sabbath-style stoner groove, some seriously powerful vocals, and good lord is that a string section?!? Oddly enough, the orchestral elements really work here, and add emphasis to the already powerful rock sound.



I suppose by now it's painfully obvious that I love love LOVE this album. You just don't run across this kind of unbridled rock often enough. If you like hard rock along the lines of Black Label Society, Brand New Sin, Black Stone Cherry, later Corrosion of Conformity and Entombed, the non-artsy Cult albums, and old school Black Sabbath, you need some Mustasch in your life. Check out the samples provided above (start with I Wanna Be Loved and Bring Me Everyone) and you'll understand why."