Liquid Monster

Liquid Monster

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
BRAINSTORM has been the prototype Metal Blade development story over the last few years. With the band's fourth release for the label, LIQUID MONSTER stands to be a European phenomenon, which will give the band solid footing to break through stateside. Tirelessly embarking on lengthy European tours with the likes of EDGUY, Morgana Lefay, Solitude Aeternus, Skyclad and Nocturnal Rites to mention a few, has built a massive following throughout Europe. BRAINSTORM, in 2003 and 2004 performed at the biggest European and American metal festivals, including Sweden Rock, ProgPower in the USA, and the Wacken Open Air in Germany. In November 2004 Brainstorm entered the famous House Of Music Studios with long time producer Achim Kohler to record "LIQUID MONSTER", Shortly after its release BRAINSTORM will embark on the "Inside The Monster" - Headlining World Tour 2005/2006.

Product Description
Power Metal

Tracks:

Worlds Are Comin' Through
Inside The Monster
All Those Words
Lifeline
Invisible Enemy
Heavenly
Painside
Despair To Drown
Mask of life
Even Higher
Burns my soul

Album Description

Power Metal

Customer Reviews:

Amazing staying power.......2007-01-04

I listened to this CD more times in 2006 than any other that I own. If you love the Hammerfall and Dream Evil style of power metal, then you absolutely NEED to get Brainstorm! I really hope they put out another CD soon, as I need more! MORE!

Symptom Of A Bigger Problem.......2006-12-20

Yup, I can definitely see what some people have been saying for years. Power metal has become bland and generic. Unfortunately, I've heard a lot of that lately in several CD's I've bought. This one at least has a cool cover.

The musicianship is good and the singer has the pipes, but the compositions are so bland that after my requisite four listens, I cannot remember a single thing about this album. I mean, it's not horrible by any stretch. It is just nothing to write home about either. These guys have so much talent and technical ability. Maybe they need to get some outside songwriters to help them. Maybe they should also mix things up a bit for variety.

Only recommended for the die hard power metal fans.

Awesome.......2006-11-14

This is by far one of the best albums that I have heard from any band, my favorite track(and probably one of my all time favorite songs) on this is Inside the monster, also another one to check out from this band is the album Metus Mortis, Brainstorm is one of the best Power metal bands out there check them out I guarantee you won't regret it.

Wow!.......2006-11-04

Okay, I'm going to make this one short because I think it is unneccessary to get into things here. This album $%$$^# ROCKS! To be honest, I did not ever hear about this band before until I was searching some metal bands on myspace and took a listen and heard "Inside the Monster" and thought it was an amazing song. How the heck did these guys go unnoticed? I am a huge metalhead, to a certain extent for I really don't care at all for these death metal bands, i.e. Lamb of God and other 2nd stage acts at Ozzfest. I love loud guitars and such, don't get me wrong but I can't handle a band that has a singer that, well, can't sing.

Anyways, getting off topic. This band is great musically and they seem to bring something fresh that is missing in metal nowadays. And not only are they good at thundering metal but they can go ballad to like on "Heavenly". Point being, buy this album now. You will not regret it.

Pretty good Modern metal.......2006-07-26

I'm gonna start this review off with a little heavy metal history lesson. Boring i know but it said share your thoughts so i thought this might help potential buyers of this cd to see what they're getting.
As we all know heavy metal was at its highest peak during the '80s and late '70s. Motorhead, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica and others controlled the airwaves and started quite a large following for themselves. But then during the late '80s and predominantly the '90s heavy metal lost it a bit, due to the introduction of the Seattle grunge scene, 'hair' metal and all that other pop/hip hop/rap crap that spawned. Not only that but issues in the metal scene as well, Metallica was going soft and in a weird direction, Halford left Priest, Bruce and Adrian left Maiden and Motorhead wasn't dishing out any Ace of Spades to say the least. All these factors led to a gigantic lull in good metal being released in the '90s, but round about '97 Hammerfall released Glory to the Brave which IMO changed it all.
Now i must confess i am a bit of power metal freak but not to a die hard extent. Anyway the point being that after that point heavy metal began to revive and boom again. Bands like Edguy, Sonata Arctica, Primal Fear etc came about and fused the scene with all the great stuff that made heavy metal a force to be reckoned with. Not to mention a lot of creative stuff from the Swedish Melodic Death scene with In Flames, Meshuggah, Arch Enemy etc.
Now all that said and done onto the album!! Sorry went a bit overboard, but it's to help you get into a heavy metal mindset. And believe me when you listen to Liquid Monster it gets your head just thinking about good old heavy metal. I will confess something, i had never heard of Brainstorm before until i saw their name on a list here on Amazon. I remember one reviewer said that this album was the heaviest power metal he'd ever heard! So i thought hmmm lets check it out.
Liquid Monster is not a power metal album as such but more of a modern heavy metal album along the lines of say Firewind, Thunderstone and Mystic Prophecy (mostly) releases. The riffs are VERY heavy and crunchy. Solos are memorable to. The vocals are strong and done by Andy B Franck of Symphorce, who are also similar to this band. The guitars have a great modern tone and sound to them and utilize plenty chugging riffs, catchy licks and power chords. Dieter Bernert pounds the drums ferociously with plenty of double bass kicks and tom rolls. The standout song is really the first track 'Worlds are Coming Through' which is quite catchy. Also there are some keys and synthesizers sprinkled throughout the album but not to an overbearing extent. To tell you the truth i'm still not that familiar with the album and its songs but i do find that when i stick the CD in i usually play it from start to finish without skipping anything and enjoy it everytime. I bought the album from Amazon and i don't regret doing so one bit. I highly recommend this album to people who want traits of Maiden, Priest and Metallica but with an injection of modern sound. Hope that was helpful.

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