Liquid Monster
| Liquid Monster | ||||
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| Studio album by Brainstorm | ||||
| Released | 4 April 2005 | |||
| Recorded | House of Music Studios, Winterbach, November–December 2004 | |||
| Genre | Power metal | |||
| Length | 51:21 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Brainstorm | |||
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Liquid Monster is the sixth album by the German metal band Brainstorm, released in 2005. The limited edition digipak and the Japanese edition contain a DVD with the documentary Streets, Stages & Studios and bonus tracks.[1]
Norway's Scream Magazine gave a 5 out of 6 score, calling it a "fine power metal album" and a bit more varied than their previous two to three releases.[2] Rock Hard gave a similar score, 8.5 out of 10. Liquid Monster was both powerful and catchy enough to distance its competitors.[3] Metal.de rated the album even higher, at 9 out of 10. Liquid Monster contained "the best power metal you can get in Germany and far, far beyond". After a few listens, it became clear that the songwriting was "even more compelling, mature, and sophisticated" than before.[4]
Powermetal.de published two reviews of the same album. They agreed that the album was excellent. The band "managed to exceed the undoubtedly very high expectations"; "I can't for the life of me find a single weak point".[5][6]
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Brainstorm.
- "Worlds Are Comin' Through" – 4:55
- "Inside the Monster" – 4:55
- "All Those Words" – 4:05
- "Lifeline" – 3:05
- "Invisible Enemy" – 4:20
- "Heavenly" – 5:33
- "Painside" – 5:42
- "Despair to Drown" – 3:51
- "Mask of Life" – 5:20
- "Even Higher" – 4:22
- "Burns My Soul" – 5:13
- Bonus tracks
- "Before the Dawn" - 3:25 (Judas Priest cover, digipack edition bonus track)
- "Breathe" (Japanese edition bonus track)
Personnel
- Band members
- Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals
- Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, backing vocals
- Milan Loncaric - guitars and backing vocals
- Andreas Mailänder - bass
- Dieter Bernert - drums
- Additional musicians
- Ferdy Doernberg- keyboards
- Michael 'Miro' Rodenberg - keyboards on tracks 3 and 9
- Carmen Schäper - vocals
- Production
- Achim Köhler - engineer, mixing, mastering
- Ingmar Schelzel - engineer, mixing
- Dennis Ward - drum editing
References
- ^ "Brainstorm - Liquid Monster". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ^ Kringen, Leif (2005). "BRAINSTORM "Liquid Monster"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 95. p. 40.
- ^ Blum, Tobias (2005). "BRAINSTORM Liquid Monster". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 215. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ Frommhold, Jost (15 April 2005). "Brainstorm - Liquid Monster". Metal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ Stark, Martin (3 April 2005). "BRAINSTORM - Liquid Monster". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ Straka, Alex (5 April 2005). "BRAINSTORM - Liquid Monster". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.