Zeros & Heroes

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"Zeros & Heroes"
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Zeros & Heroes is Clawfinger's fifth album, released on 26 May 2003 through GUN and Supersonic labels.

It offers yet another musical style change. The electronic sound and synthesizers from A Whole Lot of Nothing are replaced by a more complex and melodic guitar riffing.

Track listing

1. "Zeros & Heroes" – 4:10
2. "Recipe for Hate" – 2:55
3. "When Everything Crumbles" – 3:51
4. "15 Minutes of Fame" – 3:35
5. "World Domination" – 3:55
6. "Bitch" – 3:49
7. "Four Letter Word" – 3:22
8. "Money Power Glory" – 3:33
9. "Kick It" – 3:17
10. "Live Like a Man" – 2:51
11. "Step Aside" – 3:12
12. "Blame" – 3:53

Bonus tracks

13. "Are You Talking to Me" – 2:33
14. "Where Are You Now" – 3:21
15. "Point of No Return" – 4:25

Some versions have only one short bonus track, "I Gave You My Middle Clawfinger", 12 seconds long with one line of lyrics, at track #86, and tracks #13-85,87-98 are blank.

Credits

• Engineer – Clawfinger
• Engineer [@ Polar Studios] – Ulf Kruckenberg
• Management – Reto Lazzarotto
• Management [Booking] – Jim Morewood
• Mastered By – Björn Engelman
• Mixed By – Jocke Skog
• Music By, Lyrics By – Clawfinger
• Musician [Additional] – Henka Johansson, Tomas Haake
• Producer – Clawfinger, Jacob Hellner (tracks: 7 8 12)

Released singles

• Recipe For Hate

Clawfinger hired a company to make a video for this single, which is the one still mainly shown on television. However, Clawfinger was not entirely satisfied with the work by the company, so Jocke Skog created a new edit of the clip, removing the cinematic elements and keeping the scenes which show the band playing. This version of the clip is available for download on the Clawfinger website.

Reception

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!

—Jonas Carlsson, www.releasemagazine.net