69 Chambers – War On The Inside

Releasedate: 24-04-2009; Label: Silverwolf
By: Nina Mende

The debut album “War On The Inside” from the Swiss rock-/metal-trio 69 Chambers with frontwoman Nina Treml on guitar and vocals, bass player Maddy Madarasz and drummer Michi Brugger, was produced by Tommy Vetterli (Coroner, Kreator). It’s a high-quality production with a powerful sound, heavy dropped guitars and unique vocals that sing unusual yet catchy melodies. Since it is their first album there’s not much band history to tell you. Formed in 2006 they now try to kick international asses with what we can hold in hands now: “War On The Inside”.

The music is hard to compare but it has something of Alanis Morissette and even a little bit of The Vincent Black Shadows. With a free spirit and open mind this album rocks your ears. Not too aggressive but still quite hard riffs and fast beats lead you through the album. The singer sings soft and hard, even shouts some times, a nice variation of all can be found on the album. Easy and catchy melodies make you sway and nod along to the beats. “On The Inside” has some oriental melodies in it as well. Some songs are faster some slower, yet would I not describe it as metal only, it surely has metal elements in it though. Some songs are very thoughtful so it might be worth it listening close sometimes because you will hear some interesting parts in the lyrics. All in all the entire album is very interesting and I think there should be more female rock bands like this.

Tracklist: The Day Of The Locust Bloodaxe Dead Letter Office Thinking About You On The Inside Ex Nihilo Return Of The Repressed Judas Goat The Collapse Of Time and Space Wind Feeds Fire Final Memento Automatic Automata A Ruse

Links:
69 Chambers MySpace