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Artist......: Midnight Prey
Album.......: Uncertain Times
Year........: 2019
Genre.......: Heavy Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Dying Victims Productions
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1749kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 7 tracks
Playtime....: 00:37:25
Size........: 467.8 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-18
S.Date......: 2019-11-22
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/b2fkdrd5extca
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
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!