{"id":14647,"date":"2013-08-30T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=14647"},"modified":"2013-10-16T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T11:13:04","slug":"album-review-stainless-steel-metal-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-stainless-steel-metal-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"STAINLESS STEEL – Metal Machine (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAINLESS STEEL
Metal Machine<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPure Underground (2013)<\/span>
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Can it get more metal when a band is called Stainless Steel and their album\u2019s title is Metal Machine<\/em>?! You metal purists out there may be delighted to know that these guys formed back in the murky mid-80s and released their debut opus, In Your Back<\/em>, in 1985. However, after the release of the follow-up, Molten Metal<\/em>, in 1987, Stainless Steel disappeared off the face of the earth. But now, over 25 years later, the band have returned from the darkness, no doubt prompted by the interest shown in 2005\u2019s Molten Metal In Your Back<\/em> compilation album.<\/p>\n

It seems as if so many cult 80s bands are reforming not just to give it one more shot, but to show the great pretenders to the throne just how it\u2019s done. There are several bands called Stainless Steel but these leather-clad Germans are the only ones that matter.<\/p>\n

The band is still fronted by Ralph Scholz, while guitarists Thomas M\u00fcller and Norbert Barton have also been plucked from the original line-up. These wily veterans are joined by bassist Rainer Huxhage and drummer Frank Ullrich who both appeared on the band\u2019s second opus, so this is very much Stainless Steel from the 80s, loaded up and ready to rock.<\/p>\n

Metal Machine<\/em> \u2013 complete with supped-up engine on the cover \u2013 is a 13-track platter that is a teaser from the introduction of \u2018Back In Your Minds\u2019 which drifts into the speedy, screaming \u2018Master Of The Universe\u2019. As many of you would have no doubt guessed, this still sounds as though it was recorded back in the late 80s such is its galloping premise.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, Ralph Scholz\u2019s vocals are heavily flawed as he warbles through those archetype lyrics, yelping, \u201cVictims bite the dust, fire\u2019s in the sky, master of the universe… never gonna die\u201d<\/em>, and it can\u2019t get any more predictable. But mock it all you wish, for Stainless Steel know no other way of life except to rock, and forever how long this experience is going to last they are gonna make damn sure they enjoy it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Preachers Of Hate\u2019, \u2018Fear And Pain\u2019, \u2018Fight To Survive\u2019 and \u2018Riding On A Razorblade\u2019 all sound like the sort of speedy metal composition that would have been inspired by Metallica\u2019s seminal Kill \u2019Em All<\/em><\/a> album back in 1983. Just think of old Judas Priest, with heavy doses of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bands like Tank, and you\u2019d be on the right track here.<\/p>\n

The flavour is very much one of rust, because you just know that a track called \u2018Death And Destruction\u2019 isn\u2019t going to be avant-garde Euro pop. The guitar sound of the album is sharp, while the drums provide an ample plod as back-beat to this straightforward and often basement quality record, but I can\u2019t criticise something that boasts so many clich\u00e9s and yet infectious riffs. \u2018Death And Destruction\u2019 being one of the real highlights on the opus and where Scholz really finds his range.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve heard any album that could be more metal, so for that it deserves a thumbs up.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STAINLESS STEELMetal Machine Pure Underground (2013)Rating: 7\/10 Can it get more metal when a band is called Stainless Steel and their album\u2019s title is Metal Machine?! You metal purists out there may be delighted to know that these guys formed back in the murky mid-80s and released their debut opus, In Your Back, in 1985. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,779],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-stainless-steel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14647"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14653,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647\/revisions\/14653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}