CLAWFINGER ZEROS AND HEROES ALBUM BMG RELEASE: MAY 26, 2003 REVIEW: JUNE 11, 2003

Clawfinger’s new album sounds pretty much like what you would expect. Not many new influences this time around, after the more electronic last album “A Whole Lot of Nothing”. Some hints of country might have sneaked in now though, if ever so slightly. Clawfinger's constant partner Jacob Hellner is back in the producer saddle again, a man who has worked with such diverse acts like Covenant and Rammstein, where the latter is of course a bit closer to what’s on this album. The production is very well executed, with an emphasis on the guitars and drums.
Clawfinger’s strengths have always been the groovy and heavy guitar riffs, Zak Tell’s rap and singing as well as their sense for melody. These ingredients are here too in abundance, but we have heard it before by now. Still a very competent and headbang-inducing collection of tracks. And “Bitch” is funny!

JOHAN CARLSSON