Perfectly produced classic Teutonic Steel

Well - certainly Steel Hammer has again become better than last Rev-Raptor that indeed scary suffered from this plastic-Rammstein-like comic production, but the ultimate Oberhammer, which adjoins old Accept-shine day and all down rocks irresistible, is in my opinion also SteelHammer not become. Mainly the fat production (especially guitars) and the obvious presence of a real time drumming make this album a classic UDO album, which you can set again without hesitation if you depart on typical Teutonic Metal.

Perhaps it has recently with the production a bit too much routine crept - it is perhaps just as well that Stefan Kaufmann no longer mitmischt and no longer took over the production and co-wrote songs no more (for health reasons?). Overall, the material from Steel Hammer sounds a bit fresher than this Rammstein-like sound against the one already since Mastercutor endured over long 3 albums now. As highlights of the album, I see the Smasher "Steel Hammer", the sluggish Stampfer "Cry of a Nation", the fleets in Spanish sung violent Rocker "Basta Ya", which strongly reminiscent of Sinner moderate "Never Cross My Way" and the Dampfhammer- anthem "Stay True".
The Rammstein-like single "Metal Machine" would not mind also fit well on the last albums and sounds a bit flat and unsinspiriert, only the solo is really nice. Strangely, something much uninspired idling's hot with the mediocre Allerweltsongs "Devils Bite", "Death Ride", "King of Mean" and "Timekeeper" succession in the middle part of the album. The so typical naive UDO songs as they are there to listen to all UDO albums - located somewhere between totally inconsequential, solid and hard. The short piano ballad "Heavy Rain" is even failed completely. The mystically tinged mysterious closing track "Book of Faith" was backed by orchestra and is something artistically represent valuable, The result is quite a nice audible kitsch, nothing more.

Total UDO has carved out with SteelHammer a classic hard rock album that has finally figured out again with fat sound way out of the sound technical Tristess the last albums, so that you can certify that UDO have found again in the right lane. But true genius hymns and classic songs you're looking at SteelHammer vain. For the song material is just too average and mediocre, it's become more of a Fleiss album on which no genius musical moments are perceptible. Also I doubt that on SteelHammer even a sound from the new guitarist is heard, which are only just been joined when the album was already completely in the box. Not a bad album, but the over hammer is certainly not become SteelHammer.