11-12-2009 Bale

They call themselves “maidencore” and that’s what it is: Metalcore-riffing ala Carcass and Darkest Hour crossed with Iron Maiden and In Flames melodies. Peter was growling and screaming like there was no tomorrow, Lui and Stefan let the licks flow easily out of their guitars like in a battle and Mosi was beating the hell out of his bass to follow Mario on the drums. Everytime I get a chance to see them, I’m stunned how precise their guitarwork in livesituations is. Of course they played the songs of their lately released demo-CD and some new material during that gorgeous 40 minutes set.

The demo was recorded 2009 at Rufftone Studios Munich with Henning Sommer and got mastered by Martin Gradl, both longtime friends and former bandmates of Peter. He also they announced “the most metal shirt ever” to be available for christmas and after 2 more songs as encore the vibe was well prepared for Bale.

After Tim (guitars) beeing one year at the United States, this fall they finally recorded this first EP at Cristoph von Freydorf Studios. As Cristoph plays in Emil Bulls and the bands helped out each other pretty much, they prepared ‘Revenge’ as a cover version and played it as an encore. Before that the band presented their own set of 9 songs all of wich seemd to hit a nerve at the audience. Musically well made songs esp on the drums and bass, but with deep going lyrics as well.