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At that time, the band did not blow me away.
Now, more than 1 ½ years later, the band is releasing their first album.
Compared to their first output, the band seems to have taken some reviews to heart and has developed further. Several lineup changes underscore this.
The band still sings in German, but that is about the only thing that has remained the same. Stylistically, a lot has changed.
I would describe the current style as loud screamo-hard rock with excursions into punk. Screamo-hard rock is also a style that does not exist yet.
The first new category in years! Take that, music industry.
The lyrics are sometimes sung, but mostly shouted, yelled, and hissed. This is often supported by the three instrumentalists who take on the background. Singer Christopher can invest all his emotions into his powerful singing. Christopher can sing, both softly and loudly. You can feel the anger, the sadness, the emotions that Christopher brings into the singing, into the music. This makes the music authentic and credible.
Max, Sören, and Sascha on the instruments are in no way inferior to Christopher in skill. The sometimes very demanding arrangements are played exactly with perfect timing. This also conveys a corresponding professionalism.
The recording is professional as well. Loud, massive, and yet all the instruments are very well audible.
“Under Pressure“ can be seen as a musical emo therapy. Just as much as a scream that needs to come out, against fellow humans, society, the world...against everything we experience every day and yet do not understand.
Stylistically, the experienced music listener will be reminded again and again of bands they know.
For example, when I listen to “Nichts hält mich auf“, the '77 punk band FRONT comes to mind, in terms of style. Other songs lean very much towards Swedish (hard) rock.
VAL SINESTRA have released a loud, raucous album with “Under Pressure“. They want to be heard and are happy to draw from the stylistic elements found in their record collection.
The result is impressive, even if it is not new music.
However, it is definitely far removed from the hipster rock that I attributed to the release from 2015.
In addition to the limited digipack CD, the record is also available in large, as a colored 180g vinyl.
