After 'Welcome to Hell' in 2018 (see here), the Germans of 'Mono Inc.' released early 2020 a new studio recording 'The Book of Fire', which is a concept album on the Inquisition, forbidden magic, heresy, persecution and death (what a program!). We thus find the simple and effective catchy melodies of our four Germans who continue to distill a good-natured rock in opposition with themes always quite black and it is not 'The Book of Fire' which will make us say the opposite: if you don't have an irresistible urge to move to the rhythm of titles like 'The Book of Fire', 'Louder Than Hell', 'Shining Light', 'Run for Your Life' or 'The Gods of Love', it's that you are not made for this kind of music. ‘Katha Mia’ is still a real drumming metronome, the deep vocals of ‘Martin Engler’ are still as striking and the mixing of different voices in the refrains is still as effective. Note also beautiful compositions much quieter like ‘Warriors’ or ‘Nemesis’ but also the final instrumental epic ‘What Have We Done’ in the same vein as what ‘Hanz Zimmer’ could do
In summary, the Germans of 'Mono Inc.' release a new album in the continuity of the previous opus and, even if the compositions remain quite similar to each other, they continue to offer us a catchy rock which is now their trademark... | |
