MAD MAX - are working on extensive re-release of their debut album & a special new studio album to mark their 45th anniversary year!

The German based hard rock legends MAD MAX from Münster are currently in full swing, as they are working on two special releases at the same time. The focus is on the 45th anniversary of the band, which was renamed MAD MAX in 1981 and formed the previous year as a cover band before quickly switching to their own material. This was released in 1981 in the form of the four-track EP “In Concert” and the debut album “Heavy Metal”, which followed in 1982. This made MAD MAX pioneers of a new German hard rock and metal scene, which until then had only known THE SCORPIONS and ACCEPT. At that time, MAD MAX was strongly influenced by the NWoBHM movement and bands such as JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON and IRON MAIDEN. Both recordings have now been bundled together and re-mastered by Rolf Munkes (CREMATORY and others) as a new edition on CD, LP and digital.

"When I founded Mad Max in 1981 in my home town of Münster, I would never have dreamed that I would be celebrating the band's 45th anniversary in 2026. I'm very proud and grateful for that”, says founding member and main composer Jürgen Breforth happily, adding: ”Of course I want to celebrate the anniversary together with the Mad Max fans, because these fans have loyally supported us for 45 years and we've been able to play concerts all over the world. The celebrations will begin at the end of the year with the re-release of the songs that started it all. Not only will the first album be released under the title “Heavy Metal”, but also the EP “In Concert” with the first 4 songs that we composed and released as a band. There will also be unreleased photo material, a detailed history, liner notes and many other surprises.”

In the anniversary year 2026, MAD MAX will release a brand new studio album with all kinds of extraordinary tracks that have been somewhat sidelined over the four and a half decades and which Jürgen Breforth now wants to give a second, new life with his current line-up. The title of the monumental work is “Stories Of Destiny”. “For this album, we have come up with something very special for the fans. Of course, I don't want to give too much away yet, but with “Weapons Of Love” and “Until The End Of Time”, there will be two previously unreleased Mad Max songs from 1991 and a spectacular duet that nobody expected. But that's not all: I had the great honor of composing songs together with many stars from the rock business, of which there will be Mad Max versions of these tracks on “Stories Of Destiny” for the first time. You'll be surprised who will be involved,” reveals the guitar virtuoso. The recordings for this album have just started; once again under the direction of Rolf Munkes in his “Empire Studios” in Bensheim, where the previous album “Wings Of Time” was recorded.

So MAD MAX fans can step into the time capsule twice and look forward to two great releases. “Mad Max” is planned for this November, ‘Stories Of Destiny’ for March 2026. More info on this soon.