HOLY MOSES Master Of Disaster EP

 
Label: Century Media
Release: June 18th 2001
By: Psycho
Rating: 3,5/10
Time: 17:33
Style: Thrash Metal
URL: Holy Moses
 

Well, the reunion wave is going and going and it seems nothing can stop it. The youngest example are HOLY MOSES, who were pretty active in the German thrash scene in the middle of the 80's to the beginning of the 90's. But, the high name recognition was less because of great released albums (except the grandiose Finished With The Dogs, the rest were pretty average), it was more because front woman Sabina Classen was sort of a presentable metal girlie in the German speaking thrash community. And besides that, the admiration was not really because of her singing quality, rather impressive was apparently the fact, that it didn't sound like a woman at all...

Ok, what to think now about an album called Master Of Disaster (what a stupid title...) after 7 years of creation break. Well, from the early line-up just remained singer Sabina Classen and bass player Jochen Fuenders, the other 3 new mates are unknown - at least to me, unfortunately. However, these guys serve up some pretty dull ufta-ufta thrash, which is long out of order in this way and possibly will only be up valued because of the heavy and transparent production by Andy Classen (Disbelief, Krisiun and more) as well as the skills of the musicians. The tracks are lacking in general of interesting ideas and cool breaks, well the riffs are powerful, thoroughly, but, also pretty negligible and they don't mill in your ears, not really. And that's really out of the question to name the tracks even head-splitting crushers or something like that! At least they try to give the songs a technical touch but, it fizzled out ineffectively and some parts sound more confusing than anything else.

Above all of that is enthroning with completely pained and over-speeded voice Sabina Classen. Sorry, but that is not a compliment! It seems her vocal chords have to pay now for the long strains, then her singing is moving only in hysterical high-shrieking fields, deep and brutal growls you will search for in vain. Her art to sing didn't change over years, so at least to me the singing is really getting on my nerves. I know it sounds scathing but, it is pesky and destroys all the good first signs, which could be still there.

Well, so there is just the hope, that the announced full-length CD in this way will never be unleashed...