Dom Lawson 

Turbonegro: Sexual Harassment – review

Norway's snotty, filthy glam-punk-schlock-rockers return with a new frontman and a renewed intent, writes Dom Lawson
  
  


Such is the dedication of Turbonegro's worldwide army of diehard fans – the Turbojugend – that the departure of talismanic frontman Hank Von Helvete in 2010 provoked a collective shudder of dismay. Five years on from the Norwegians' last album, Retox, they have returned with renewed intent, fronted by former Dukes of Nothing bellower Tony Sylvester and armed with an album that gleefully maintains their tradition of balls-out punk rock with a laudable undercurrent of sexual deviance. Sylvester sounds very much at home, yelling gruffly through I Got a Knife and Tight Jeans, Loose Leash, while his new comrades' arsenal of infectious riffs and lobotomised hooks is enthrallingly well-stocked. Whether evoking the intensity of hardcore punk legends Poison Idea on Hello Darkness and TNA (The Nihilistic Empire) or committing foul acts with AC/DC's boogie metal blueprint on Shake Your Shit Machine, Turbonegro are back to full strength, best exemplified by the blistering snot-storm of Dude Without a Face and the show-stopping You Give Me Worms.

 

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