Midnight’s
new album "No Mercy for Mayhem" is awesome. I remember when there first album dropped in 2011 and I’ve
been waiting ever since for a new album. So now it’s 2014 and we get some new
music from Midnight. Now, Midnight as usual has a Venom and Motorhead sound but
there are other NWOBHM influences that come in. Also, the punk attitude runs
clean through this record. Which is something I really like if you ever seen
them live (I have once) you can see that onstage as well.
The first
song "mercy curse" is just an intro and then we go into “Evil Like a Knife” and
it’s a great song really catchy riffing and a hooky chorus. With a ton of
attitude and aggression a total fist and headbanging song for sure. “Prowling
Leather” slows down to more of a mid-paced song. With some great lead guitar
work throughout. My next favorite song is “Degradation” it definitely has that “Rock
N’ Roll” Motorhead type feel in the beat and guitar work. Also, it was cool
that they put “Destroy Tsunami’s power” as a bonus track since it’s really
great song.
One of the
many things Midnight/Athenar does well is he knows how to write aggressive
songs with a hook. Also, the bass tone sounds great on this record. All the
instruments are heard loud and clear. As with Satanic Royalty they nailed it
with the production. It’s raw but yet clear at the same time which is another
plus for me.
The second
disc is Midnight Live in Cleveland and this is raw, loud, and pure Midnight. There
is a great selection of songs and some funny stage banter from Athenar. This
second disc is only available with the first initial pressings of the CD for
this album.
9/10
*Highlights Evil
like a knife, Prowling Leather, Degradation, Try Suicide, Aggressive
Crucifixion.
