It brings to mind legendary horror movie classics: The power metal recording kicks off with extremely tough, brutal, and fast-paced numbers, spinning an enigmatic storyline around its mysterious protagonist and only revealing his secret. This technique is similar to the blockbusters The Others (featuring Nicole Kidman) or The Sixth Sense (featuring Bruce Willis) — where the grand finale is nothing short of epic.
The content picks up where its predecessors — Sweet Hollow (2016), Manor Of The Se7en Gables (2018), Return To Hemmersmoor (2020), and Fear City (2022) — have left off but with just as much musical power.
"Psychedelic Enigma not only includes some of the rawest and most fast-paced tracks of our career to date, but also a number of sound experiments and technical masterpieces," guitarist Markus Ullrich says. He tips his hat to legendary sound engineer Randy Burns (Megadeth, Kreator, Possessed), saying, "Randy has given our new material that ultra-aggressive sound, and when an icon like him does that kind of thing, he of course has good reasons for it."
No doubt about it, Psychedelic Enigma sees Ullrich, vocalist KK Fossor, guitarist Markus Johansson (Sylencer, 4ARM), bassist Alexander Palma, and keyboardist Richie Seibel (Lanfear, Ivanhoe) raise their energy level even higher.
"For us, it's not a change in style but a conscious step towards greater dynamics and stronger extremes," explains the band.
Psychedelic Enigma is the band's boldest and most detailed offering to date.
The album's first single "Catatonia" is a furious number with catchy hook lines. A catatonic state which lasted 17 years is now abruptly broken.
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