U.D.O.

Release Year: 2012
Artist Origin: GER
Style: expressive charismatic energetic heavy metal

after nearly three years of extensive touring, German heavy metal icon returns with the seventh studio opus [2002], bearing time-tested mark of quality, where classic Teutonic sound is reinforced with more modern accents and tighter rhythmic framework, while disk title symbolically reflects on the relationship between man and technology in a modern world, offering heavier and somewhat more mechanical guitar-riff pulses, firmer rhythms and deeper guitar character, yet without losing straightforward, combative, electrifying spirit that defines music, most clearly revealed in the title track with its hypnotic, ritual-like motif and in concert favorite Dancing with an Angel, featuring guest vocals by Doro Pesch, whose melodic line and dramatic chorus expand the emotional range; recent German edition comes with a remastered sound, updated design and two additional bonuses