Year : 2025
Style : Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : Denmark
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 104 mb
Bio:
STATEMENT is a Hard Rock band from Copenhagen, Denmark formed in 2011 and just this month will be releasing their debut album called “Monsters”. Apparently experienced musicians from the Danish Metal scene joined forces for the fulfillment of this institution....with members coming together from a number of existing bands and brought together by their love of Classic Hard Rock: the likes of Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Metallica.What we get is a wonderful album where you feel the band is letting off steam while creating some great heavy Hard Rock, with lyrics that centre around vocalist Jannick Brochdorf’s early life where “drugs, drinking, depressions and a tough party nights in the city, was a great part of his life” Musically ‘Monsters’ is immediate, and both grounded enough to please a Hard Rock audience and Heavy enough to entice Metalheads. Starting out with ‘Kill the Times/Monsters’ there’s a great groove, wonderful backline and some nice guitar, all laying the foundations for some great attitude-laden vocals.It’s tracks like ‘Say Hello’ where you really hear that love of the greats, simple guitars, great delivery, it’s a song that captures that feel that the best Hard Rock gives – the feeling of freedom and passion. The softer ‘Crawling’ takes the pace down to deliver a ballad of substance, while ‘Keep you Alive’ has a chugging riff that brings the Metal but retains the melody. ‘Dropzone’ too has a heavier dynamic and cool Metal riff while ‘Control’ relies more on a great harmony.This is a great album that never lets up, nor does it fail to impress, with each and every song worthy of inclusion. Like every album you’ll have your personal favourites and for us one of those is ‘Childhood Dreams’ which channels the attitude of bands like Skid Row via Metallica through a classic rock looking glass. The album ends strongly too: the slower ‘To Be a Man’ starts off slow, searching, reaching before the guitar busts into life just as you hoped it would. ‘Another Stage’ the fastest song here sees the world from the stage, with a bristling riff and injection of melody before possibly the strongest chorus here has you singing along and banging that head. ‘I Need to Know’ lessens the pace somewhat before the melancholy ‘Dad’ ends proceedings with the most emotional and personal song here. Statement is certainly a band to watch and have produced a fine debut. Definitely a band to watch.
Album:
For fans of Volbeat, Accept, Metallica With their fifth studio album, “Sinister Thing”, to be released via Mighty Music in May, Danish hard rock/metal band STATEMENT embarks on a darker and heavier musical journey while staying true to their signature melodic sound.This album represents a significant evolution for the band, striking a balance between their established identity and a newfound intensity that elevates their music to new heights.Creating “Sinister Thing” was one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences for Statement. Determined to craft an album that felt distinct from their previous four releases, the band revisited their entire discography - not for inspiration, but to reflect on their musical growth and evolution. This introspection helped them refine their direction, ensuring the album maintained the essence of Statement while incorporating fresh, powerful elements.Musically, the album started in drop D tuning before transitioning to drop C, allowing for a darker and heavier sonic landscape. To fully immerse themselves in the creative process, Statement took a week-long retreat, dedicating themselves entirely to songwriting. This intensive period resulted in tracks like “The Hive”, “Raised in Hell”, “The Right Kind of Love”, and “My Last Goodbye”. The experience not only strengthened their artistic vision but also reinforced their bond as a band.Lyrically, “Sinister Thing” is deeply personal, drawing inspiration from real-life experiences, opinions, and stories shared by friends and family. Each track underwent multiple rewrites to ensure the perfect balance of emotion, melody, and heaviness, leading to some difficult but necessary creative decisions.To achieve the album’s bold new sound, Statement collaborated with renowned producer Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio. Having previously worked with Madsen on their first two albums, the band knew he was the ideal choice to bring their heavier vision to life. His expertise helped shape “Sinister Thing” into a record that maintains Statement’s melodic foundations while embracing a more intense metal influence.With “Sinister Thing”, the Danish collective pushes their musical boundaries, offering fans an album that is both familiar and refreshingly bold. The combination of powerful riffs, emotionally charged lyrics, and a darker, heavier atmosphere ensures that this release will captivate listeners and solidify Statement’s position in the hard rock and metal scene.“Sinister Thing” will be released on LP (black vinyl limited to 200 copies and transparent red vinyl limited to 100 copies), CD and digital on 09.05.2025, via Mighty Music.
Line-Up:
Jannick Brochdorff - Vocals
Niels Alex Larsen – Lead guitars, backing vocals
Lars Ulrik Le Fevre – Guitars, backing vocals
Martin Poulsen - Bass
Daniel Nielsen - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Sinister Thing
02. The World Is Fading
03. The Hive
04. Set My Anger Free
05. No More Words
06. Empty Eyes
07. Slowly Kill My Dreams
08. Raised In Hell
09. My Last Goodbye
10. A Right Kind Of Love
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