First of all I’d like to warn the people that expect some kind of Rammstein rip-off, go find it somewhere else! Music wise Riefenstahl is something completely different. Also their vocals, although in German, are brought forward in quite a different way. They come out less heavier and most of the times very - maybe too - well articulated. Fortunately vocalist Jens Esch didn’t find it necessary to put up the high vocals I was foreseeing, which made up a whole lot for his somewhat special way of singing. In fact, the fast singing parts remind me a little of French metallers Pleymo. Cool!

 

As for the music, I gotta say I especially like the fact that the bass guitar is obviously present. It might be because I listened to this album through my headphones but hearing the bass riffing without to much troubles is quite nice actually. Though, it might as well be because of the production. To be honest, that’s not extremely well done. But no worries, I personally like it this way ‘cause it only contributes to the strength of the album. Makes it a little raw-edged. The way it should be in my opinion.

 

So, it’s clear that I like this album that has some catchy songs on it. However, I think there will be one band in my life that I really like because of its German vocals, being Rammstein. The rest never really manages to convince me for some reason. It just doesn’t sound as tough as the English language to me. Which of course is the number 1 language in (heavy) music.

 

All in all I’d say go check this stuff out on the MySpace website and if you’re interested you may consider buying the album. For now, Instinkt is a more than decent album but still doesn’t reach the status of a ‘must have’. I think that when the band will keep its next album more constant, which means that both beginning and end of the album are as strong as one another, Riefenstahl will deliver an even better album.