Deadlock mastermind Sebastian Reichl knows how many years, to unite progressive and harmonious elements with brute force. In "The Arsonist" these ingredients do not act as a composite jigsaw puzzle, but how. From a single source This is no small matter, because in addition to the band logo also the line-up has changed. Since the departure of Joe Prem in 2011 is the new duet partner of Sabine Scherer of the ex-bassist John Gahlert with his beeidruckenden, guttural voice.
Especially the interaction of the two is one of the guarantors of the multifaceted and varied songs, which often tread new paths without ever but stray from the course. So act the passages to Sabines clean vocals as islands of refuge in the midst of sharp-edged guitar riffs, to be run over just seconds later by the powerful bass of Ferdinand Rewicki and the driving drums of Tobias Graf as by a tank.
Uncompromising and without warning begins the opener "Great Pretender", and my favorite out tip. However, despite the speed and power deadlock is never the air out, the weapons are never dull. The same is true for the increasingly sharp message that tolerated partly or repressed grievances denounces and calls for a rethink.
The band has left nothing to chance and ended up with "The Arsonist" an absolute hit. Unrestricted buy recommendation!
