Subway To Something Different
Oh dear. When I first heard on this band on some Nuclear Blast DVD I wasn't a huge fan, now I am an even lesser fan.
It is hard to tell what the hell kind of music this band are. They have previously been described as "Medieval" metal, what does mean? We will find soon find out.
Opening with a short intro called 'Sarabande de Noire' and breaking into a mid tempo, reasonably heavy song called 'Schneekonigin', the first thing you recognise immediately is the 'in-your-face' German vocals, and they are so incredibly hard to get into. The next track entitled 'Feuerland' shows some folksy elements, the music itself seems slightly industrial, the vocals really don't suit the music in my opinion, they would be far better suited to a power metal band. Tracks like 'Sieben', 'S.O.S' and 'Seemannslied' all have the same folksy element, which becomes slightly tedious after a short while. Some of these tracks have a slightly Rammstein feel to them, for instance 'Eisblummen' wouldn't sound out of place on the 'Mutter' album if it had Till Lindemann on vocals. There are lots of different styles to this album, Industrial, Folk and more.
The production on this album is pretty good, not too shabby. What can you say about the band as musicians? One word really- just 'Meh'. Nothing bad, nothing great here, as musicians they are just alright. The cover work is pretty cool, it shows some sort of triangular symbol, showing the bands logo maybe, I don't know or really care.
An average album in general, the music is ok but the 'in-your-face' German vocals really do not do it for me and therefore put me off quite a bit since they are very hard to ignore. The folk elements are very nice though, since I am partial to a bit of folk metal!
If you like folk/industrial music with in your face German vocals, then this album is almost certainly for you. However, if you are not a fan of any of the latter then simply do not bother picking up this album, you will only say "Oh dear..." like I did.