Taking a slight diversion from the normal thrashing metal covers of video game songs, Boston-originating Powerglove is now tackling your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and movie songs on the newest album “Saturday Morning Apocalypse”. Jonny Quest, Batman: The Animated Series, The Simpsons and Pokémon among others fill the roster, but how do they compare to the band’s previous work?

The album starts off strong, with a driving crunch rendition of “X-men”, but it seems after that, the album loses a bit of the bite. With no soaring epic medleys like “Red Wings over Baron” The album engages in more direct conversions from the source, feeling a bit more canned then previous entries. It’s by no means a bad album, and despite a few flaws, it’s a must-have for any cartoon buff.

Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica also is a guest vocalist on two tracks, “The Simpsons” and a second, vocal version of the Pokémon theme song. It does seem to be a bit of a cheat to have the same track twice with only vocals being added, however.

On the whole, it’s worth picking up if you’re a fan or a cartoon geek. If you’re not familiar with Powerglove, downloading “Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man”, their finest work so far, from I-tunes should be first on your list before this album.

Buy “Saturday Morning Apocalypse” now off of Amazon.com!