Bonfire release new lyric video
BONFIRE release their new lyric video for ‘ Crazy For You’, the first track taken from new album ‘ Temple Of Lies‘ due out on 13th April.
Few German rock acts can look back at as long and successful a career as Bonfire. Counting their predecessor β a group called Cacumen, which was also founded by Hans Ziller and featured more or less the same line-up β the band has been around since 1972, has operated under its current moniker since 1986 and released more than two dozen albums. During the most successful phase of their career, Bonfire counted β alongside the Scorpions and Accept β among Germanyβs three internationally most acclaimed acts, celebrating major success all over Europe and worldwide. Bonfireβs trademarks are and have always been deeply melodic hard rock songs, driven by captivating guitars, grooving rhythms and haunting vocal melodies. All the features that came together so perfectly on their most popular releases Fireworks (1987), Point Blank (1989) and Branded (2011) are present on their current release Temple Of Lies. Thanks to their new vocalist Alexx Stahl, who joined the fold two years ago, and a first-rate line-up on all instruments, the bandβs creativity explodes on Temple Of Lies and is bound to wow a younger generation of rock music fans, too.
βWe were extremely lucky to find Alexx,β offers guitarist Hans Ziller in explanation of the groupβs current creative and musical high. β Heβs a team player who looks after his voice in a totally professional way and treats it like the important tool that it is. He doesnβt smoke and prepares optimally for every show. In addition, Alexx is a really nice guy. Being at the helm of the band, I couldnβt be happier to have him in the band.β Ziller is just as enthusiastic about his rhythm section consisting of bassist Ronnie Parkes and drummer Tim Breideband (βthey seem to have reinvented the grooveβ), and of course guitarist Frank PanΓ© (βone of the most awesome musicians Iβve ever worked withβ). Ziller:Β βWith this line-up, weβll be able to increase the hardness level of our material whenever we feel like it. Numbers such as βTemple Of Liesβ and βStand Or Fallβ wouldnβt have been possible with previous line-ups.β
Itβs not only the occasionally tougher pace that impresses on Temple Of Lies (produced by Hans Ziller at the Flatliners Recording Studios in Ingolstadt) from the first to the very last note, but also the albumβs diverse high-quality songwriting in general. Driving midtempo tracks (βFeed The Fireβ, βOn The Wings Of An Angelβ, βFly Awayβ, βCrazy Over Youβ) support the afore-mentioned uptempo rock numbers and are expertly broken up by the ballad βComin` Homeβ and βLove The Way You Hate Meβ, which surprises with a reggae groove verse. Temple Of Lies kicks off with the intro βIn The Beginningβ, featuring American voice actor David Michael Williamson.
So the fun factor is back in the Bonfire camp, manifesting itself also in the 20-minute bonus track βFriedensreich II. β The Return Of The ZΓΌnsler Into The T.O.L.β, a humorous sound collage which frequently brings to mind Frank Zappa. The programmatic album title and expressive cover artwork prove that Ziller & Co also live up to their responsibility as socially aware musicians, taking to task βthe lies of our world and politiciansβ. No doubt about it: Temple Of Lies sees Bonfire live up not only to their own history.
Alexx Stahl (Vocals), Hans Ziller (Guitar), Frank PanΓ© (Guitar), Ronnie Parkes (Bass), Tim Breideband (Drums)