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Your Heart Beats!

Betsy Koenigsberg | Seattle, WA USA | 04/30/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The opening title track, "Dein Herz Schlägt" ("your heart beats"), is a perfect statement concerning the circumstances surrounding the release of this album. This is the 5th official full-length release for MEGAHERZ and the 1st with their new singer/lyric writer, Mathias Elsholz. Weathering the departure of their singer and key founding member of MEGAHERZ, Alexx, in late 2002; the band has come storming back with an amazing release. Mathias does not simply attempt to fill the void left by Alexx, he creates his own space within the band's dynamics.



The album contains the classic MEGAHERZ elements of hard, strong crossover-rock and German text. MEGAHERZ also continues the formula of weaving masterfully into the fabric of the songs, the brilliant melodic bits (sounds and samples) that they are known for. "Gott Sein '05" is an updated, polished, more menacing version of their original '97 WER BIST DU track. "Ja Genau" harkens back to the sprech-gesang style from KOPFSCHUSS, with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour in the Text. "Wann wirst du gehen?" and "Augenblick" are both elegant ballads, with the latter showing an amazing reach into the depth of X-tian's composing capabilities by coming up with a 100% synth/electronic backdrop to the spectacular vocal spectrum of Mathias.



MEGAHERZ are back, without missing a "beat".

"

Finally, a timely USA release for MEGAHERZ!

Betsy Koenigsberg | Seattle, WA USA | 03/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the USA release of the identically titled December 2004 German release. The CD was originally slated for release in the Summer of 2005, but as a result of some unfortunate technical difficulties, the release was delayed until Spring 2006. The tracklisting is identical to the German release. The "enhanced" portion of the CD (pics, wallpapers, biography, etc.) has been translated into English. The CD booklet for the USA release does not include lyrics.



The opening title track, "Dein Herz Schlägt" ("your heart beats"), is a perfect statement concerning the circumstances surrounding the release of this album. This is the 5th official full-length release for MEGAHERZ and the 1st with their new singer/lyric writer, Mathias Elsholz. Weathering the departure of their singer and key founding member of MEGAHERZ, Alexx, in late 2002; the band has come storming back with an amazing release. Mathias does not simply attempt to fill the void left by Alexx, he creates his own space within the band's dynamics.



The album contains the classic MEGAHERZ elements of hard, strong crossover-rock and German text. MEGAHERZ also continues the formula of weaving masterfully into the fabric of the songs, the brilliant melodic bits (sounds and samples) that they are known for. "Gott Sein '04" is an updated, polished, more menacing version of their original '97 WER BIST DU track. "Ja Genau" harkens back to the sprech-gesang style from KOPFSCHUSS, with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour in the Text. "Wann wirst du gehen?" and "Augenblick" are both elegant ballads, with the latter showing an amazing reach into the depth of X-tian's composing capabilities by coming up with a 100% synth/electronic backdrop to the spectacular vocal spectrum of Mathias.



MEGAHERZ are back, without missing a "beat".

"

Invitation to bang your head

Arndt Peltner | Oakland, CA USA | 03/07/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can only disagree with the person above me. Megaherz "5" is in the tradition of the older releases by this Munich based band. Of course a new singer sounds different and yes Megaherz sounds harder on this latest album. But in a way you can't compare those two sides of the band. It's like comparing a band like Pink Floyd from the times of Syd Barrett, to the times with and without Roger Waters...impossible, because every album has something very special. The same with Megaherz. I love "Kopfschuss" and "Herzwerk 2", but also "5", one of my favorite albums to work out with. On this release the band is much more based in a Metal sound. The voice of singer Mathias Elsholz is a perfect addition to it, a powerful instrument in itself.

Fans of the hard German sound with German lyrics should pick up this album. Highlights are for me "Dein Herz schlaegt", "Ja genau", "Ebbe & Flut".

The fact that a German language band gets released over here in the US is a seal of quality in itself. The risk to loose out is too big for a label these days. Megaherz has had a huge fanbase in North America for quite some years. They ordered the CDs from overseas and even travelled to concerts abroad. This current release of the band in the US is a big event for the band and their headbanging American/Canadian fans as well."