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are supported/endorsed by:
1. Nails In My Hands
2. King Of Fools
3. Innocent Until Caught
4. The Other Side
5. Tomorrow Never Comes
6. Liar’s Edge
7. Tell-tale Heart
8. Welcome To The Darkside
9. Bring You Down
10. Deep Down Into Passion
11. Mr. Know-it-all (duet with Ralph Scheepers)
Line-up
Marcus Jürgens – Vocals
Torsten Ihlenfeld – Guitars
Milan Loncaric – Guitars
Andy Mailänder – Bass
Dieter Bernert – Drums
additional Backing Vocals by Ralph Scheepers and Lee Tarot
all Keyboards by Torsten Ihlenfeld
all songs by Brainstorm – produced by Brainstorm
engineered & mixed by Peter Waschelewski & Brainstorm – mastered by Michael Becker
recorded & mixed November ’96 – January ’97 at Wasteworld Studios, Heidenheim, Germany
cover artwork by Michael Schindler, Dragon Design, Munich
graphic design & photography by Karl-Heinz Schuster
2CD digipack with additional liner notes (demo)
CD 1: Hungry (remastered 2007) + The Fifth Season demo 1994 (tracklist & info)
CD 2: Hungry (original 1997)
Remixed and remastered, demotracks remastered 2007 by Achim Köhler @ Indiscreet Audio Studios
Keyboards re-recorded by Michael Rodenberg, the original keyboard recordings got lost somewhere in time and space.
Original Hungry mastertapes digitalized by Andreas Torkler @ Sonopress
The Fifth Season demotracks recorded and mixed 1994 @ Wasteworld Studios, Heidenheim, Germany
Additional liner notes by Todde
Reworked BS symbol by Thomas Ewerhard, reworked album cover layout by Karl-Heinz Schuster & Todde
1997 / B.O.: IRS CD 974.668 BO.001 (4 006759 746684)
2007 / Metal Blade: 3984-14610-2
Nails In My Hands
You are a liar, you’ve let me down again
I don’t believe you anymore
your friendship was a lie
I’ve never felt so low
Nails in my hands
You have betrayed me
you’ve crucified my soul
I’ll never trust you anymore
I know what Jesus felt
seems like I feel the same
Nails in my hands
King Of Fools
What kind of thrill are you looking for
you say you’ve got a reason
to uncover your soul
you better not tell me
you don’t feel your shame
too many people now know your name
you sacrifice your secrets to the masses
I guess you’re not the only one
Another time, another place
Another fool, another face
Another rat race
Let the show begin
when the puppets dance
King of fools, King for a day
What kind of mind are you living in
moving like a train into a big black hole
I know you think you’re born to be a star
but when it’s over, you will be the same
still got the problems, still got the pain
don’t you know it’s a liar’s game
Innocent Until Caught
I had everything
it never was enough for me
to be free
I ride the wings of destiny
breaking all the rules
I have to set my spirit free
I’m gonna show you what I need
Seems like it’s just another game
escape from nowhere
I’m making other people bleed
just for the thrill
Innocent, innocent,
innocent until caught
I’m like a renegade
I broke the chains of innocence
on the run
I’ve sacrificed my blood for free
time to free my soul
you won’t chain my will again
I’m gonna show you what I mean
Feels like an endless odyssey
out of the shadows
what they gave is what they got
I’m bound to lose
Breaking all the rules
I had to set my spirit free
now I’m free
now time is running out for me
my blood runs cold
I feel no shame for all my sins
and now I’m gone my soul is free
Seemed like it’s just another game
I escaped from nowhere
I ride the wind across the sky
no more pain
The Other Side
I’m on the road to nowhere
don’t know what is waiting there for me
somewhere I see a white light
I close my eyes, I’m sailing far away
I had enough to fight another day
I feel the urge to leave
No longer life in shadows
now I’m the chosen one
I close my eyes forever more
Take me to the other side
close the door beyond the light
Take me to the other side
where no sin grows
where no sin lives
where unholy power dies
I’m flying to the light now
into the hall where judgement awaits me
I here some distant voices
I know I hear the people pray for me
I’m on my way, my journey has begun
my candles have been burned
Tomorrow Never Comes
Drowning in your misery
you’ve reached the end of nothing
you all think you know the world
just leave it all behind
you say you just got a pain overload
your soul died a long time ago
Feels like tomorrow never comes
you ride on wings of broken dreams
Feels like tomorrow never comes
deprived of all your self esteem
Another day in misery
you take the road to ruin
all your sorrow pulls you under
time to draw the line
You say you ain’t got a reason to be
there’s no need for pain anymore
The Liar’s Edge
You say to me I’m guilty
for things I’ve never done
I’ll try to show resistance
I’m out to prove you wrong
I hate your accusations
your cheap and nasty tricks
I’m not your private target
don’t treat me bad again
I’m calling your name
what’s your excuse
I’m saying to you…
You’ll try to find a black sheep
you’ll try to steal my show
you’ve tried to live in heaven
but all you got was hell
You’ve tried to find a stranger
just even by yourself
you’re eaten up with envy
the answer of your lies
I’m calling your name
what’s your excuse
I’m saying to you…
…don’t blame me · liar’s edge
Tell-Tale Heart
Nobody knows about your secret
nobody knows what you feel
Under cover of the night
pain and blood on innocent white
Slippin’ into dark emotions
heaven turned to hell
your wounded soul won’t give you shelter
only time will tell
Tell-tale heart
and you wonder why
you can see the rainbow dying
Tell-tale heart
and you wonder why
you can see the black rain falling
Nobody knows about the shadow
that you’ve seen on the floor
Under cover of the night
you find yourself forever in shame
Every night you say a prayer
and cry yourself to sleep
every night the same desire
to leave it all behind
Welcome To The Darkside
A trip beyond the real world
my soul is running scared
into the realm of shadows
I’ve seen the underworld
I feel the evil spirits watching me at night
I’m so afraid to close my eyes
Raging rivers runs red
I’m on the abandoned ship
I need to scream
Welcome to the darkside
welcome to my world
To my…nightmare
welcome to…
A trip over the red line
I shake the hand of doom
into the heart of darkness
I’ve seen the black rain fall
dark figures dancing madly underneath the moon
I’m still afraid to close my eyes
Behind
If only I could trace that light
To ignore the blind
But you don’t know
so go ahead and find your sight
I’m out of my mind and now it’s time,
to count the bodies dead
last thing you know
a place to go you better check your head
You can never justify
no more reasons to excuse
And you never can deny
(all the tricks you try)
I can’t understand
what’s between you and me
and I feel no shame what I used to be
so I try to hide and deny my thoughts
What I keep inside, I’ll never look behind
Hold your head up, bite your tongue
So you dig your own grave
Speak your mind or sell your soul
stand before you fall
I’ve walked upon the water
without even getting wet
and there’s really not a thing
that I regret
everything I used to be
has spiraled into insanity
every night I sweat and bleed
Bring You Down
I hate the way you lie to me
you just ignore me
I hate the way you breed the rules
you dominate me
you say we have to give a social sacrifice
I know I’m victimized
you rape the nation
Down, bring you down, bring you down
bring you down
You tell me how to run my life
you crucify me
I’ve gotta pay for your mistakes
I feel the anger
You say we have to give another sacrifice
you need an alibi
to fool the nation
They are the masters, we are the slaves
we’re just like human puppets
dancing on strings
I’ll never trust you, I know for sure
I’m sick and tired of all your empty promises
Deep Down Into Passion
I am your one and only friend
I’m your saviour, take my hand
I’m your pleasure, I’m your pain
I’m the demon in your brain
I’m here to drag you far away
believe in me, believe what I say
I am the maker of the way you feel
you never leave the darkness
Deep down into passion
i’m in your blood
Knee deep and getting deeper
i’ll numb your pain
Filled up to the limit
you know i’m real
Deep down, deep down
deep down into passion
I’m your shadow, I’m your light
I am the one you never fight
you know I’m all you’ll ever need
in your head I’m the demon seed
I am the key into another world
I am your god, you know I’m here
I am more than meets the eye
I’m in your soul forever
Mr. Know-It-All
(duet with Ralph Scheepers)
I’ve got no chances to break the spell
feels like I’m standing next to hell
like a waterfall I hear you rumble
feels like a neverending rain
Everybody knows you know the world
Everybody worships you
Hey, hey, mr. know-it-all
I know i’ve got no point of view
Hey, hey, mr. know-it-all
tell me what you want
I’ve got no chance to break your will
I know I’m just here to pay the bill
like a ton of bricks you’re on my feet
feels like a neverending pain
you think it is your divine right
you think you got it all
Loud1
(re-issue) Power metal is dead? Hell no! BRAINSTORM is best proof to the contrary. With their long out-of-print debut album “Hungry” turning a decade old this year, the guys have decided to treat their ever-growing legions of fans to an extended re-issue.
The new version of “Hungry” comes as a double CD in a deluxe digipack with revised artwork. It includes the album in a revamped version, re-mastered by longtime BRAINSTORM producer Achim Köhler, as well as the original version. Add to this 6 bonus tracks (the 1994 “5th Season” demo) commented in additional liner notes, which should make this reissue an interesting item even for long time fans who already own the original “Hungry” album!
Rate Your Music – Lincoln6Echo
(re-issue) HUNGRY and UNHOLY are the German Power Metal band BRAINSTORM’s first two albums. Originally released by a now defunct record company, Brainstorm decided to re-release their first and second albums under their new and current record label, Metal Blade Records. However, just under their European branch. So for those in the U.S. you will have to go to some extreme measures to find and buy these two albums, as they’re not found in the traditional mainstream on-line buying sites like Amazon or any number of other popular sites. I had to go to Ebay to find these albums. Luckily (I guess) I got a pretty good deal for a double-disc set such as this. Basically $16 and something, plus $3 and something for shipping, so I got the 2-disc sets for about $20 each. Not bad really for a couple of impossible to find Imports.
Anyway, so what do you get for these re-issues? Well, you get two discs…that’s what you get. One is the newly 2007 remastered (and possibly remixed) version with perhaps additional tracks from their unreleased demos, and the other disc is the original un-remastered version of the album with again possibly some more demo songs.
How’s the sound quality? Pretty damned good actually. Even the non-remastered versions have good sound as they’re only 10 year old records anyway. One might ask why I would two versions of the same album, well, there’s just a slight amount of difference between the two that a completist would want to have both versions in a neat little nice package.
The songs themselves are AWESOME. Simply put, it’s ashame that the band departed from this style of song writing on their newest releases. These are extremely complex songs and the musicianship is top notch. You’d never expect this to be the the freshman outing for a band with this solid of a sounding album.
So if you can find this album anywhere and are a Brainstorm fan, buy it immediately. You won’t regret it.
Rock Hard – 7/10 – Michael Rensen
(original) Was hätte man aus diesen Songs nichts alles machen können… BRAINSTORM, schon seit Jahren gefeierte Helden im deutschen Underground, versuchen sich auf ihrem CD-Debüt an einer recht interessanten Mischung aus US-Power-Metal der Kragenweite Vicious Rumors/Nevermore, altbewährtem teutonischen Speed/Power-Geholze und dezenten Thrash-Anleihen. Viele Parts gehen einem richtig gut in Ohren, Beine und Nackenmuskeln, da das Songwriting über weite Strecken Erstliga-Niveau besitzt. Doch leider macht die saumäßige Produktion den guten Eindruck sofort wieder zunichte. Die 50 Minuten klingen, als ob jemand den Producer während der Knöpfchendreherei mit Valium, einem Taubheits-Sekret und den Auspuffgasen von Breuschls uralter Karre zugenebelt hätte. Dadurch erinnert “Hungry” verschärft an diverse “kultige” Power-Metal-Releases aus den 80ern, was allerdings drei Jahre vor dem zweitausendsten Wiegenfest eines berühmten Wasserwandlers und Wunderheilers nicht mehr als Kompliment zu verstehen ist. Mit viel gutem Willen noch sieben Punkte.
Powermetal.de – Peter Kubaschk
(re-issue) Es ist immer wieder schön, wenn Re-Releases einem Alben zurück in Erinnerung bringen, die man schon eine ganze Weile nicht mehr gehört hat. So ging mir es auch mit “Hungry”, dem Debüt meiner liebsten einheimischen Power Metaller BRAINSTORM. Das hatte ich als ganz gutes Erstlingswerk im Gedächtnis behalten, das an einer mäßigen Produktion krankte. Und so dann ziemlich viele Jahre im Schrank vergammeln lassen.
Glücklicherweise wird der Produktionsmakel auf diesem Re-Release von Stammproduzent Achim Köhler ausgemerzt, so dass “Hungry” nun auch in dieser Hinsicht dem hohen Qualitätsanspruch von BRAINSTORM gerecht wird. Dies macht das Debüt auch noch mal einen ganzen Tacken stärker, kommen doch Nummern wie ‘King Of Fools’, ‘Innocent Until Caught’ oder der Bandklassiker ‘Liar’s Edge’ so deutlich druckvoller durch die Boxen gerauscht.
Mir war auch nicht mehr in Erinnerung, dass Sänger Marcus Jürgens gar nicht so weit von der Powerröhre eines Andy B. Franck entfernt ist. Immerhin hatte ich zu Beginn gehofft, dass BRAINSTORM “Hungry” nicht nur remixen, sondern gleich mit Andy als Sänger komplett neu einspielen würden. Darauf wurde zwar verzichtet, doch ist die Leistung von Marcus tadellos, so dass eine Neueinspielung auch gar nicht nötig war.
Zwar ist das Songwriting insgesamt noch nicht so stark wie auf den späteren Karrierehöhepunkten “Metus Mortis” und “Liquid Monster”, doch sollte spätestens heute jeder Fan auch bei “Hungry” zugreifen. Vor allem, weil es neben dem neu abgemischten Album noch ein paar Extras zu bestaunen gibt. So wird dem Fan das komplette “The Fifth Season Demo” mit fünf bis dato unveröffentlichten Tracks, die sehr deutlich die qualitative Entwicklung in allen Bereichen aufzeigen. Sei es das Songwriting oder die technischen Fähigkeiten. Zudem gibt es auf Silberling Numero zwo noch mal die Originalversion von “Hungry” zu hören, so dass man auch deutlich die Unterschiede in der Produktion hören kann.
Verpackt ist das Ganze in einem hübschen Digipack mit neu coloriertem Cover, dazu gibt es noch Linernotes von Todde und ein schöneres Booklet. Wie oben schon erwähnt, sollten Fans von BRAINSTORM spätestens jetzt ihre Sammlung komplettieren.
