This time, ASP return to the story cycle ‘FREMDER’ and bring the seeds that were sown on their German top ten album ‘fremd’ to full bloom. In contrast to the pure collection of songs that was ‘GeistErfahrer’, with ‘MASKENHAFT’, mastermind Alexander ‘Asp’ Spreng opens a chapter of a concept album and concentrates unequivocally on what the fans love and the band do so well. Eleven scary musical short stories contain the finely distilled skill and yet produce only the tiniest amount of literary unity. Each song captivates the listener by means of its own fantastic story, and slowly, just as dusk closes in on day, you begin to realise that the individual chapters coalesce to form a bigger picture, much in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle. Seldom have ASP seemed so detached from all the conventions of hit records, but because of this freedom they have managed to create catchy songs in the best possible meaning of the term. This time, instead of indulging himself in never ending tales, lyrics that seem light as a feather are to the fore. Upon closer observation, however, it becomes apparent that Asp has condensed his lyrics to the extreme, therefore being able to conserve their heavily distilled essence.
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