Album: Turn Off (2013)(2Cd's)
Genre: Prog Rock (Crossover/Electronic/Psych./Exp.) / Germany
Four years after the release of the successful double album "Is this human behavior" Shamall is back now with nearly 160 minutes of great songs full of emotions and finest impressive retro prog. Even after almost 28 years, the 16th Shamall-release "Turn Off" shows no signs of fatigue at all. While Norbert Krueler basically stayed true to his line, the new album has been enriched with the female voice of vocal artist Anke Ullrich. Whether solo or second voice or choir: These female vocals know how to please. Generally the authentic vocals ensure that the music never turned out too sterile. Once again, "Turn Off " attend to global environmental problems, along the lines, that music is the best medium to provoke thoughts concerning political or ecological issues. The recent opus "Turn Off" is another proof of Shamall's reputation as "German Pink Floyd with own influences" because of his energetic, dynamic synthesizers and keyboards. This style of playing convinces with great power and clarity and shouldn't be listened to in the background. However the whole album does not turn into another Pink Floyd Clone because of the interplay of keyboards with the guitar of Matthias Mehrtens, who has grown up in the era of Steve Vai, but mutated into an independent musical development with many variants and impressive compositions. Despite more recent musical influences, the spirit of the 70s and 80s is omnipresent. Sometimes dreamy lifted, sometimes playful and funky, guitars and synthesizers provide always an exciting battle. Like its predecessors, "Turn Off " is composed of two musical main themes, where vocal passages either finalize or dissolve the arc of suspense. Atmospheric soundscapes, passionately played, arouse curiosity of what comes next. This album is dramatic and melancholic. Goosebumps guaranteed. (www.shamall.com)
Songs / Tracks Listing - CD1
01. Shine a Light
02. It's Been a Long Time (Pt.1)
03. Shout it Out
04. The Devil Never Sleeps
05. Never Before the Demand Was Shout Out that Loud
06. Playing for the Ashes
07. Voices (Pt.1)
08. Voices (Pt.2)
09. Too Many People (Pt.1)
10. Too Many People (Pt.2)
11. So Much is on the Line
Songs / Tracks Listing - CD2
01. Diversion
02. The Creeping Dead
03. Reflective
04. Clouds Obscure the Sun
05. Horrible Nightmare
06. At the End of Time
07. The Hidden Enemy
08. Companion of Fortune
09. Wounded World
10. Turn Off (Pt.1)
11. Turn Off (Pt.2)
12. In these Days
RATING: ??????????????
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Genre: Prog Rock (Crossover/Electronic/Psych./Exp.) / Germany
Four years after the release of the successful double album "Is this human behavior" Shamall is back now with nearly 160 minutes of great songs full of emotions and finest impressive retro prog. Even after almost 28 years, the 16th Shamall-release "Turn Off" shows no signs of fatigue at all. While Norbert Krueler basically stayed true to his line, the new album has been enriched with the female voice of vocal artist Anke Ullrich. Whether solo or second voice or choir: These female vocals know how to please. Generally the authentic vocals ensure that the music never turned out too sterile. Once again, "Turn Off " attend to global environmental problems, along the lines, that music is the best medium to provoke thoughts concerning political or ecological issues. The recent opus "Turn Off" is another proof of Shamall's reputation as "German Pink Floyd with own influences" because of his energetic, dynamic synthesizers and keyboards. This style of playing convinces with great power and clarity and shouldn't be listened to in the background. However the whole album does not turn into another Pink Floyd Clone because of the interplay of keyboards with the guitar of Matthias Mehrtens, who has grown up in the era of Steve Vai, but mutated into an independent musical development with many variants and impressive compositions. Despite more recent musical influences, the spirit of the 70s and 80s is omnipresent. Sometimes dreamy lifted, sometimes playful and funky, guitars and synthesizers provide always an exciting battle. Like its predecessors, "Turn Off " is composed of two musical main themes, where vocal passages either finalize or dissolve the arc of suspense. Atmospheric soundscapes, passionately played, arouse curiosity of what comes next. This album is dramatic and melancholic. Goosebumps guaranteed. (www.shamall.com)
Songs / Tracks Listing - CD1
01. Shine a Light
02. It's Been a Long Time (Pt.1)
03. Shout it Out
04. The Devil Never Sleeps
05. Never Before the Demand Was Shout Out that Loud
06. Playing for the Ashes
07. Voices (Pt.1)
08. Voices (Pt.2)
09. Too Many People (Pt.1)
10. Too Many People (Pt.2)
11. So Much is on the Line
Songs / Tracks Listing - CD2
01. Diversion
02. The Creeping Dead
03. Reflective
04. Clouds Obscure the Sun
05. Horrible Nightmare
06. At the End of Time
07. The Hidden Enemy
08. Companion of Fortune
09. Wounded World
10. Turn Off (Pt.1)
11. Turn Off (Pt.2)
12. In these Days
RATING: ??????????????
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