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A fireworks display. Unannounced and the middle of summer. What actually instantly the state power, including administrative fine would call on the plan, you can go through an exception in the case of new deadlock disc "The Arsonist" again. Although strictly speaking this is a firework ... a Hitfeuerwerk namely.

Sauclever as a pun to get started, but now times to the hard facts. For the first time appear deadlock with their sixth album on Napalm Records and separate order for outsiders surprising from their previous label Lifeforce. For the Austrians, in turn, is "The Arsonist" honor and challenge in equal parts, because it applies not only to lift a thoroughly successful act to the next level, but still continue to push a band into the limelight, never gene for a middle finger Conventions too fine was. Experiments never locked it up, wrapped it but now subliminal as still in "Manifesto", as one entry with a techno intro and a few tracks continue "Death Race" from melodic death completely let tilt gene rap number. A good idea and basically just such a song, but somehow preached even with a crowbar. Less than five years later, still some trust deadlock, pack their Horizonterweiterer but with more flair - and thereby sound absurdly versatile and consistent at the same time. Parallel seems to have been the production generally slimmed down, a couple of tracks less do it well and allow the material more air to breathe, as the saying goes. Sounded deadlock on the previous longplayers still massive and even fatter, is a major plus point of "The Arsonist" be more homogeneous sound. Apart from this, the most striking innovation of the vocals of John Gahlert, who has moved since the departure of founding member Joe Prem from Bass ans Mirkofon and since then is responsible for the Grunts. Counterpoint is then as now Sabine Scherer with her expressive, bewitching little voice that massively contributes naturally to catchiness and the hit potential of the song material. Thankfully, the quintet are not too much to alleged trueness and keeps the petite singer not artificially small, but admits her a lot of space and also a lot of freedom. You will be rewarded for it with magnificence and earwigs like "I'm Gone", "Dead City Sleepers" and "As We Come Undone", which can not just small anyway Hitarsenal the band continue to grow. Extremely pleasing presents itself the title track with crashing hardness in the verses and an almost insolent good chorus including enigmatic choirs. Significantly further in the foreground are the sacred choirs of "The Final Storm", a nasty bastard of pissed Grunts, menacing riffs, rumbling drums and said bombastic choirs, giving a darkly menacing mixture in total, out of which Sabine time (almost) completely out stops. The bouncer "My Pain" provides then again a completely different approach, here there is plenty clear (often polyphonic) vocals, well-dosed Shouts and a completely tory in the service of the cause drums, because instead of a fat guitar wall is quite clearly a pleasing, poppy beat the clock. The reading for some time now only times significantly worse than it sounds effective because the number has become really cool and closes this great album from matching.

Fans will be of the many small and large experiments undeterred and say immediately that "The Arsonist" easy to deadlock sounds: always catchy, almost always hard and always good for a surprise. Above all, far ahead in the premier league of modern metal, even if deadlock actually sound too independent to do justice to a specific drawer.