ASYLUM by Chaosbay

CHAOSBAY's second concept album ASYLUM (Timezone Records) is a harsh statement against xenophibia, racism and hatred. After their previous record VASILISA in 2015 the German 4-piece is back: Even harder, closer to Metalcore, further away from Classic Rock than before. Grown-up, aware of their strengths, the boys celebrate their incredibly energetic interplay with almost pedantic perfection at a rapid pace. Produced in a modern and uncompromising manner, powerful, virtuoso, tricky and yet always focused on catchy hooklines, the record leads you through the nine chapters, between which recurring motifs and topics are hidden.

Aside from genre-typical fantasy epics and surreal dream sequences, the band expresses their opinion on racism, xenophobia, the refugee problem and moral decay in times of capitalism in a cynical and haunting form. The previous released singles "Amen" and "Soldiers" already gave an impression of the social criticism in this album, as well as individual stories of victims of the refugee crisis in the last years, always looking for more warmth, empathy and humanity in this world.

“Somehow, it no longer felt so sensible for me to come up
with stories at a time when there is enough to tell about what
is really happening. That was much more important to me,
”said singer and main songwriter Jan Listing in an interview
with the Shieldmaiden's Voice blog.

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