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artist: Midnight Prey
title: Uncertain Times
year: 2019
genre: Heavy Metal
type: Album
label: Dying Victims Productions
language: English
rel. date: 2019-11-22
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:37:25
size: 85.8 MiB / 7 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-18
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/b2fkdrd5extca
tracklist:
01. Stoff 5:09
02. Black Forest 5:03
03. The Tower 4:26
04. Wenn Es Von Vorn Beginnt 4:23
05. We Lose 5:39
06. Uncertain Times 4:14
07. The Fall (Into the Atmosphere) 8:32
release notes:
Honest rock music played on real instruments: this is MIDNIGHT PREY! In a
feral-yet-atmospheric way, this German three-piece play an honest and
powerful old-school kind of sound, anchored in the darkness.
When MIDNIGHT PREY was founded in 2013 by Hannes Ruhland (drums), Winston
Ziller (guitars, vocals), and Daniel Friesen (bass), they had known each
other for two more years since the age of 16-18, already having a bit of
reharsal and live experience together and apart. From Venom to Frank
Zappa, from Roxy Music to Bolt Thrower, from Rory Gallagher to Black Flag
- almost nothing was taboo on their record players. Growing up together
sharing their love for good handmade music of all kinds of varieties,
they played their way through Germany's underground heavy metal stages
and released a demo on tape called The Savage Sessions in 2013 via
Witchhammer Productions. In 2014, a promo tape called Rehearsal Rites was
exclusively sold at one show, containing rough recordings of the songs to
come out on the following EP, Rite of Blood, which was released on CD,
tape, and digital.
MIDNIGHT PREY moved from the southwest of Germany to Hamburg in 2015.
After playing a lot of shows in Hamburg, there was the release of a 7"
single called Blood Stained Streets, which underlines their romance for
the dirty, booze-soaked streets of St. Pauli (Hamburg). Now, at long
last, their debut album, ominously titled Uncertain Times, is nearing
release, and the power-trio are more than ready to unleash their sheer
energy onto the world!
Indeed, energy is in abundance across Uncertain Times, but tempered with
a focus and clarity that suggest the work of veterans. Skillfully working
with space and shade, the songwriting retains an urgency but is never in
a rush to the finish line, either; MIDNIGHT PREY just play it cool and
keep the heads banging and fists pumping. Likewise, with that
ever-present energy, they wisely don't over-distort or saturate their
sound, keeping a clean-yet-gritty aspect that reverently straddles their
many stylistic inspirations. Whether it's '70s hard rock, '80s heavy
metal, or classic punk and speed metal, MIDNIGHT PREY mix it all into one
addicting concoction that simply demands total thralldom - and repeat
plays!
Uncertain Times is ageless wisdom spoken sagely in complicated,
all-too-modern times...and it's time for MIDNIGHT PREY!