Vanize - High Proof

*=Staff's pick	The Final Breath Minute Man Double Dealing* Therapy Rolling* Master and Servant* Break Down the Walls* Negative What You Give is What You Get Loosing The Ground* You Can't Stop Us Now*

Genre	Heavy Metal	Peter Dirkschneider	Vocals
Tracks	11	Rolf Munkes	Guitar
Runningtime	46 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Breaker Music	Marcus Bielenberg	Bass
Release	-- Mars 2000	Pierre Fienhold	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboards
Similar artists	U.D.O., Accept

Udo Dirkscneider's little brother Peter Dirkschenider on vocals, produced by Stefan Kaufmann, recorded at Roxx Studio, released on Udo's recordlabel - what results do you think those ingredients will produce? :)

I'll tell you what (and this is 100% honest): If someone would have blindfolded me, put on the cd, and asked me what i was hearing, I would without any doubt have answered: a new cd with Accept or U.D.O!
And I would have stuck to that belief until someone actually shoved the cover infront of my eyes to see that it is in fact Vanize.

The young Peter sounds exactly like his little more wellknown brother Udo, and the music is of course pretty much composed out of the same ingredients.
We're talking 100% german metal here, with all that comes with that.
Sing-along refrains, catchy riffs, lovely licks, pounding drums and so on.....

If you are into this genre, and have a special love for the U.D.O/Accept style - then this is must! Otherwise - don't bother, cause this could just as well have been U.D.O's next album....or previous....or first....or.....
If I have to choose an Accept/U.D.O album that is closest to this I have to say........Timebomb or Objection Overruled.

I don't think Vanize has really gotten the attention they deserve, and they might still be an unknown name for a number of people that really would touch the 7th Heaven if they got to hear this.

This is their 3rd album, and it doesn't differ much from the previous ones - the ones who likes this can already start to look up the album Bootlicker that was released 1999
Not much more can really be said about this release except: Buy!

It's pure german metal of high quality and it's damn good!
Keep 'em coming, Dirkscheider's.........

Finally a nice tip: Since Vanize's first album Twins? from 1995 nowadays is sold out, the whole album is available for download as mp3 on their official website: www.vanize.com

Nice gesture, Vanize!
We proudly raise our chalices to You!

Production	Vocals	Compositions
9	9,5	8

Summary
8,5 chalices of 10 - Tommy