OK, it is definitely not as hard-hitting or punkish as some of the earlier Hellacopters. This one shows some minor influences from the affiliations of the members of Hellacopters with another great Swedish band, Diamond Dogs. Personally I think it is all for the good though. It is still Rock and I mean Real Rock, give me a lightening bolt with that one. This is not your Daddy's Classic Rock by any means (BTW, I'm over 50 so I know classic rock). This stuff kicks out the jams. MC5 would be proud of these guys for updating their sound and holding true. See them live if you can for the real Real Thing.

I am a new Hellacopters fan. I have been purchasing their albums one at a time. This one is my third.

Being an MC5, The Stooges, and Black Sabbath fan (these are the bands other reviewers compare The Hellacopters to), I have found that in Payin the Dues, and some tracks on Cream of the Crap 1. This album, By the Grace f God, is like 80's pop. My girlfriend who likes Bon Jovi, likes this album. It is overproduced and to clean.

I can appreciate their efforts, but it is not for me, an MC5 & Stooges fan.

If you are a diehard Hellacopters fan, you might not like this record. You are wrong. This thing rocks and the recording is the best they have ever had. Everything is there. I can't wait to hear these guys play these songs live.

By and large, the Hellacopters return with a straightforward, basic rock and roll album on their release By the Grace of God. What I love about the Hellacopters' direction, as well as their contemporaries Soundtrack of our Lives, is the forgotten use of piano in rocking out. Due to their love of 60's - 70's punk - hard rock, it really comes through on this release. Great interplay between the rythmn section, guitars and drums. I can't beleive another reviewer felt it was a Boston - Foreigner direction the Copters were going in - I don't hear it. In a way. the Copters seem headed for the same prize as the Black Crowes did before the attention went to their heads. At least, the Copters are unpretentious, direct and sound great on this release.

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In the 1980s, it seemed that for every homegrown hair-metal band there was a Scandinavian doppelgänger as skilled in machine-tooled heavy pop as the Americans they adored. Forgotten acts such as Treat and Stage Dolls barely registered anywhere outside their own backyards, but 10 years since forming, Sweden's Hellacopters are still throwing the devil's horns high. By the Grace of God has the same familiar ring as the group's last three albums, as if the boulder-size riffs and mile-wide choruses of "Carry Me Home" and "Rainy Days Revisited" had been written with a classic-rock radio programmer in mind. Never contrived, though, their joyous celebration of Aerosmith and Thin Lizzy's hairy-guy rock is free of irony but irreverent, too. Ripping and roaring, this is fun for its own sake.