U. D. O.
Holy (Re-Release + Bonus)

Masterpiece. It is this word that must be applied to this disc. She absorbed all the best from both Udo albums and Accept's works. That's really true - the Teutonic classic heavy metal at its best. For the first time in ten years of medium and unremarkable works, Dirkschneider perfectly showed his talent as a composer, creating eleven brilliant metal hymns that are not at all ashamed to put on a par with the best creations of such heavy monsters as Meiden or Priests. What could excite me so much here, you ask, but what is the presence of beautiful solo parties, really memorable and varied melodies, the atmosphere of that Teutonic attraction, which has always been famous for releases in this style, and even Udo seems to be on a par with such strong material very attractive and interesting, and the hits here are just the sea, these are the best of them: the title medium tempo monster “Holy”, with very wonderful text, the most beautiful guitar melody in “Recall The Sin” just kills on the spot, it clearly feels One of Udo's songs “With And Vengeance”, the downhole “Friends Will Be Friends” somehow reminded me of the legendary “Animal House”, well, not very original melody and lyrics are used in Back Off, but the song is not bad, the composition “Cut Me Out” struck me to the depths of my soul with my atmosphere and sensuality (in it I caught even the influence of a chanson in an acoustic loss!). The whole disc sounds very holistic and does not bother at all after a long listening.