New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Limited Access Records) Like a phoenix, rising from the ashes, Dirk Thurisch, one of the most important German melodic metal vocalists, has returned with his band MERCURY TIDE and the new album "Killing Saw"! Introduced through both release shows that took place a week before the official sales start, "Killing Saw" is now available everywhere in
Europe since the 25th of May (i.a. EMP, MAM Online, Amazon, iTunes, Tower Records, WOW HD, CDON or CD Inzane). The USA still has to wait until 10th of July, until it is going to be released there, too.
DJs in numerous rock & metal clubs bang their heads to MERCURY TIDE songs and the radio stations are also impressed and are runnig the hits like "
Searching", "Home" or "Satan Sister" on heavy rotation. The first great reviews also arrived and Dirk Thurisch is busy giving interviews. Of course we don't want to hold them back from you and that is why here is a little reading matter for you …
Reviews (G-S-A)
Slam #62 (Sweet 16): "One hit hunts the next... («Satan Sister» - godlike!) … Whether it is fast or a ballad, «Killing Saw» pleases in every second and leaves no open desires."
Gothic #75 (very good): "The record is fun from the beginning to the end and clears itself for the listener without much effort, ideal to sing along loudly on a car ride, as «Killing Saw» drives enormously!"
Rock Hard #301 (8/10): "Overall an absolutely successful album!"
Stormbringer.at (4,5/5): "I can only strongly recommend this album to every rock fan. Dirk is definitely back with MERCURY TIDE!"
Medazzarock.ch (9/10): "«Killing Saw» is a convincing «Comeback» melodic metal piece of art."
Undergrounded.de (9/10): "Absolute listening recommendations are «Home», «Satan Sister» and «Lord Of Memories», which possess an extreme earwig factor."
Musicload: "Definitely our album of the week! Convince yourself with the free track «Satan Sister»!"
Reviews (worldwide)
Metal-Temple.com (9/10): "Guitars are way better than I expected, good riffs, catching always making bang your head, and the slow parts are good too."
Hardcity.gr (4/5): "The new album released by MERCURY TIDE is a very good album and above all, it is an honest job. Get to know it."
MetalShockFinland.wordpress.com (9/10): "Even after ten years away MERCURY TIDE brings you this album «Killing Saw» and it feels like they have never been away. It is an absolute brilliant album from the vocals right through to the drums it has been well produced and it is definately an album that I will be purchasing when it is released."
TheRocktologist.com (8,5/10): "Probably one of the finest heavy albums you're bound to hear this year."
Sonicabuse.com: "The band have the uncanny knack of imbuing such power in their songs that the record sounds not like an album so much as a greatest hits collection and lesser bands must surely dream of writing a collection of songs as thrilling as this."
Metal-Integral.com (18/20): "Les refrains sont imparables, l'inspiration est au rendez-vous et les mélodies au bout de chaque instruments. Les fans de Why? peuvent investir sans problème dans ce «Killing Saw» et ceux qui ne connaissent pas MERCURY TIDE y venir le coeur léger. Le mixage et la production sont soignés pour un ensemble cohérent et de qualité."
Interviews
i.a. Rocks #29, Slam #62, Gothic #75, Hammer World #246, Metal Maniac, The Rocktologist, Iamhavoc.de, Stormbringer.at, …
