Halfway through Blade Runner the first track on the album, you start to learn why Beast in Black is so talked about, and at the end of Highway to Mars you already understand why Beast in Black is at its prime. Yannis has a legendary voice and brings it full front in Bella Donna from being calm and alluring to straight up masterful and it really showcases his range and the bands understanding of his capabilities and their own.  Beast in Black are true masters of their craft. Highway to Mars is oozing with catchiness and feelings of space and adventure, it also happens to be my favorite tune from the album. This is literally just the band vibing to their own music and sharing that vibe with all of us to enjoy. You can tell that everyone in Beast in Black is a student of Power and Prog Metal, little bit of Iron Savior, Bloodbound and even some Ayreon but what’s important is that Beast in Black has learned form them and made the genre of Power Metal their own and not only their own but elevated it as well that could be something entirely new. For those not fans of Heavy Metal and its many genres, it might not be easy to fully grasp the musical technical know-how in order to write a riff as groovy and fun as those on this album. It also takes guts to have a little bit of variance on the album and do something a little different but do it well. As an example, while different from the first several songs Dark New World takes me back to my first memories of hearing Power Metal and falling in love with it and what makes it special. One thing to note is that you should listen to the lyrics of this album, there’s some good lyrical fuckery going on that Yannis pulls and it just makes you smile. Overall, the production quality is excellent on the album and sounds good on low end devices like a cheap pair of headphones or higher-level headphones. I just want to applaud Beast in Black for this success.  Not only do they include more songs on an album when most albums these days only have 10 or so songs they also make the album a full hour, which is 15 minutes longer than most. It’s a really, well spent hour and I can’t wait for more. PS, Beast in Black…I care about you guys, good work.

Thank you Nuclear Blast once again!

Album out now!!