Hardcore Superstar
Dreamin in a Casket

2000. Hardcore Superstar burst onto the music scene with their first (excellent) full-length "Bad Sneakers and a Piña Colada," which propelled the Gothenburg quartet to the top of the new glam wave coming from Sweden, alongside Backyard Babies and Hellacopters: the album was enthusiastically received by both the public and critics, bringing HCSS significant recognition, such as the opportunity to support none other than AC/DC as an opening act.

2001-2003. The band, bolstered by the success of their debut album, released "Thank You (for letting us be ourselves)" and "No Regrets" over the next three years, records that, while featuring some noteworthy compositions, showed a fluctuating trend, giving the impression that the freshness of the debut album was sacrificed in the search for a more mainstream style capable of definitively establishing the band with the general public.

2005. After the failure of their previous label (Music for Nations) and the loss of many early fans, HCSS returned with their fourth self-titled album "Hardcore Superstar," released directly by the band, which had in the meantime become their own label: the choice of naming the new work with the band's moniker seemed indicative of a new beginning for Silver and company, and indeed the self-titled album signifies the band's rediscovered identity and delivers 12 tracks destined to ignite audiences around the world in a celebration of the most passionate and visceral rock, light-years away from the polished poses of their middle period discography.

2007. The fifth album by the four Swedish rockers is finally in stores and, as expected, the style does not diverge from what was recorded on the previous effort: a metal-infused hard rock, where Silver's guitar, well supported by the rhythm section of the Sandvick-Andreasson duo, strings together a series of sharp riffs over which Berg's magnetic voice sets the pace for the band's new anthems, this time responding to the names Need no company (an excellent opener), Dreamin in a casket (the first single with a simply irresistible chorus), Wake up Dead in a Garbagecan (the most punk of the bunch).

In conclusion, if you appreciated the previous album, you won't have any trouble falling in love with this new one "Dreamin in a Casket", whereas if you became familiar with HCSS through their first three works, a preliminary listen is probably a must: for anyone who has never heard anything of these four Swedish rockers, the advice is to first rediscover the fantastic debut album and/or the penultimate self-titled album, and only afterwards this still excellent last platter.