This German trio are obviously living in the wrong age, as this album sounds mostly as if it is something that was spawned in the early Seventies. Bassist/singer Karl (I only have first names) has a wonderful gravelly texture to his voice, while Matze plays guitar and Dany is on drums. They state that their heroes are Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, but in truth they have more in common with Trapeze than with any of the above. Overall this is quite an enjoyable piece of work, but the production and arrangements doesn’t do them many favours. There just isn’t enough guitar in the mix, and there is too much space inside what they are doing, so the bass doesn’t punch as hard as it should. Released last May I’m not surprised that it hasn’t had a larger impact, but this does show promise.
The songs themselves are good without being great, but if they had another guitarist (or more overdubs) I am sure that this could be quite a different beast. This album may not have set the world on fire, but if they keep pushing then this blues-based Seventies-style melodic hard rock could become quite a beast. I would certainly make the effort to go and see them play in concert, as I imagine that in that environment the rawness would push through and make them very impressive indeed.
