Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have brought out several albums where they have a great progression on every album. The debut called Soft & Stronger is a preview on the later work. Because of the big progression in their songs they have created an album which is an absolute mark. The album starts with Vier Reiter Stehen Bereit. With fast guitars and drumwork and a menacing scream. It starts off heavy but after a minute we are treated with a very clean part Die Apokalyptischen Reiter always amazed me with their sudden changes in tempo and style. Also on this album where songs like Warum?, Ride On, Du kleiner Wicht, We Will Never Die and Wo Die Geister Ganz Still Sterben absolutly kick ass due to the heavy guitars and because of the wicked vocals by Volk-Man and Eumer they hack into your brains. There are also some negative sides on this album be- cause sometimes the songs lack real power. But for the rest of it, it's absolutely great Their drummer (Sir-G) has the power to produce these supreme blastbeats and also has the technique for the more slower melancholic parts. A song like Seid Willkommen is an example for this as the song is very melancholic. Personally I favor the more brutal parts in the music, but the more slower songs are definetly not bad! Nice bonus feature on the Digipack version of the album is the Manowar cover Master Of The Wind. Very nice done and I must conclude this album has all the better features of the past Reiter albums. Track Listing: 1) Vier Reiter Stehen Bereit 2) Warum? 3) Sehnsucht 4) Terra Nola 5) We Will Never Die 6) Baila Conmigo 7) Ride On 8) Du Kleiner Wicht 9) Komm 10) Das Paradies 11) Fatima 12) Wo Die Geister Ganz Still Sterben 13) Seid Willkommen 14) Master Of The Wind ( Manowar Cover only on Digipack) Line Up: Guitars/Vox: Eumel Bass/Vox: Volk-Man Keys: Dr Pest Drums: Sir G Review By Malkavian