THE WILDHEARTS – SATANIC RITES OF THE WILDHEARTS – CD REVIEW

28th February 2025 0 By DJ Pixie

TheWildhearts have just signed a worldwide deal with Snakefarm/Integral, and Jim Pinder has produced the album (Bring Me The Horizon, Lotus Eater, While She Sleeps, Bullet For My Valentine) and mixed by Jim Pinder and Carl Bown (Trivium, Machine Head, While She Sleeps, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon).

“The songs were written during a period of transition, from extremely negative to positive. I realised how much control I have over my mental health, and the songs came from that understanding. There’s everything here – catchy choruses, proper fuck-off riffs, anger, frustration, acceptance and revelation, with plenty of insane detours. The album starts pessimistic and ends up like ‘Ah, so I CAN turn my life around?’

Sometimes you have to start from the very bottom, your darkest point. We have more control over our emotions than we think. We control the outcome by how we respond. Once I started learning that, the songs came pissing out. It’s a hard rock album for people who actually love hard rock!”

The anticipation of getting my hands on this album ‘Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts’ had been building for absolute months, so when I finally got my hands on it from their management you can bet your bottom dollar that my kids were put in bed extra early so I could sit down and enjoy this masterpiece!

Suffice it to say the band did not disappoint with this album at all!

The Wildhearts new album Satanic Rights of The Wildhearts was well worth the wait as they unleashed holy hell with this album with a new fresh and vibrant sound.

The album has little whispers of past albums, but Ginger and the lads have produced a raw, hard-hitting album that packs a punch.

It has a cocktail of blistering guitar riffs, thunderous drumming, and lots of raspy vocals from the maestro himself Ginger Wildheart.

From their anthemic 6-minute opener ‘Eventually‘, which takes you down a catalytic rabbit hole, it’s like they are taking you on a musical voyage that showcases their musical abilities with prominent guitars that weaves intricate melodies.

‘Troubadour Moon’, my favorite track, is one that really grabbed me from the get-go, you also have to watch the video released for this track on YouTube which was really cleverly done. Without giving too much away, how many easter eggs can you spot in the video which gives a nod to previous albums/songs?

The energy put into this album pulls you in all different directions, in a good way with well-mastered rhythms layered beneath an accumulation of textured atmospheric riffs.

As a whole, this album is like a well-woven tapestry, it is solid, with hints of punk aggression and psychedelic experimentation with the synths and searing riffs that slice through each track, with very poignant lyrics that paint a picture of the struggles and realities of day to day life and the emotions that come with that.

The last track really resonated with me as the album ends with ‘Failure is the Mother of Success’, It’s like you could imagine Ginger saying ‘I’m going to turn things round just you wait and see because you have to believe in yourself when no one else does, and if someone tells you that you can’t do it, do it and prove them wrong’. That’s how I perceived this track anyway.

Satanic Rights of The Wildhearts isn’t just an album you listen to and hear, it’s one you feel and relate to.

Another masterful beast of an album by a band that’s a force to be reckoned with, this eargasmic album left me wanting more!

Score – 9/10