The Monster Show - Lordi

Hallowe’en. A night for witches and demons and, why not monsters? The monsters that are Lordi certainly seem to think that Hallowe’en is the perfect night for their monster show, as that’s when they hit London for the first time, at the Kentish Town Forum. Having recently come to the attention of the whole of Europe with their victory in 2006’s Eurovision Song Contest, Lordi have taken the best tracks from their first two albums; their 2003 debut “Get Heavy” and 2005’s “The Monsterican Dream” and combined them in “The Monster Show”, in an attempt to turn Europe onto Lordi as a serious metal band, not just as Eurovision winners. It seems strange to me that a ...  Read the complete review