Mentalist is definitely an interesting German metal band. Even though A Journey Into The Unknown is just their second album, I felt glad that I ran into a promo stream for this release. You are able to listen to it from 20th August 2021 onward.
Mentalist – About The Artists
Mentalist is a German power metal / melodic metal project based in Saarbruecken. They band is active since 2018 and consists of four members. Peter Moog and Kai Stringer are guitarists of the band, Thoman Stauch is the drummer. On the mike, there is Rob Lundgren, who became famous via YouTube. A Journey Into The Unknown is actually the band’s second album, after they debuted with Freedom Of Speech in 2020.
Mentalist – A Journey Into The Unknown – Track by Track
The eleven track album lasts 58 minutes.
1. Horizon
Mentalist give their 2021 an easy start: Horizon is 1:11 minute intro, leading directly into the title track.
2. A Journey Into The Unknown
The second track just sounds as you feel Melodic Metal should sound alike: powerful riffs, the very active former Blind Guardian Thomen Strauch with a very active rhythmic performance, but very melodic sounds on the other hand. Especially the chorus comes with some nice elements. The instrumental section allows the guitarist to illustrate their melodic skills as well. A good track with a catchy chorus.
3. Modern Philosophy
While especially the chorus lead to a high chance for the title track to stay in your mind, Modern Philosophy is coming with some energy and good riffs, but does not feel so catchy. The almost groovy middle part is the best part of the song to me. Not a bad one, but just weaker than the song before.
4. Evil Eye
After some critical thoughts about Modern Philosophy, I definitely like Evil Eye more again. I also like how Mentalist is altering powerful guitar riff parts with almost ballad-ish and very melodic section. Great presentation by Rob Lundgren on the vocal side (like he does on all tracks of the album).
5. An Ocean So Deep
Three songs of A Journey To The Unknown have been released by Mentalist before the album – the fifth track concludes this set. With “just” 4:26 minutes, it is the shortest of the three songs. Even though An Ocean So Deep gaines much more power later, the first some 2:30 minutes almost feel like a power ballad – but then, Moog and Stringer just cannot hold in any more and fire their guitar chords.
6. Dentalist
The sixth song has a tough time at my review: Dentalist reminds me that I have a couple of dentist appointments ahead. Melodically, some parts of the song remind me of a Christmas song – but the verses and major parts comes with a nice metal sound.
7. Soldier Without A War
6:38 minutes – the seventh track on the album is truly epic. I love the chorus of Soldier Without A War – but overall, the song does not come with too many elements, which finally really catch me.
8. Torture King
The Torture King is a steadily and straight marching metal song. Unstoppable work on the rhythm machine, a good chorus – one of my favorites.
9. Battle Dressed
Initially, Battle Dressed feels like a instrumental track – Lundgren joins with the vocals just after some ninety seconds. Even though it almost touches a duration of seven minutes, the song stays entertaining and versatile. Good one.
10. Live Forever
Apart from the 70 second intro, there are no short songs on this album. The full Live Forever story is taking you a 8:10 minute listen – and it will be one of the best listening experiences during your Journey Into The Unknown. Great one!
11. Manchild
The closing track just made me smile – Mentalist close their 2021 collection of songs with a cover of legendary Neneh Cherry’s Manchild. I feel it just works out surprisingly well. The beginning feels a bit of weird, but thereafter, the cover version even has a touch of the magical groove of the original.
Mentalist – A Journey Into The Unknown – Spotify
Here is A Journey Into The Unknown on Spotify:
Mentalist – A Journey Into The Unknown – My View
Towards the end of the album, there are some really good tracks. Nonetheless, I feel that Mentalist could do better. They definitely gather a lot of talent in this lineup. Some songs give an idea how good this quartet could be. They are not at their limit yet, even though Rob Lundgren is doing an amazing lead on the microphone.
Hard Rock & Metal Album Reviews on Flyctory.com
Here are all Media Reviews of the Hard Rock and Metal genres:

Bjorko – Heartrot

Pridian – Cybergnosis EP

Paradogmata – Endetid

Maelfoy – Failures, Fears and Forgiveness

Palehorse – Hunting Grounds

Cabrakaän – Aztlan

Dogma – Dogma

Wayfarer – American Gothic

Doro – Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud

Angelus Apatrida – Aftermath

Beartooth – The Surface

Atena – Subway Anthem

Rising Wings – Reach

Manntra – War of the Heathens

Danko Jones – Electric Sounds

Marduk – Memento Mori

Alice Cooper – Road

Sleazy – Back on Track

Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP

Uncaved – Dogmatorraistes

Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II

Somnuri – Desiderium

Later Sons – Rise Up

1476 – In Exile

Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht

Green Labyrinth – Sequences

Ayron Jones – Chronicles Of The Kid

Saturnus – The Storm Within

Extreme – Six

Ray Alder – II

Omnium Gatherum – Slasher EP

Oryad – Sacred & Profane

Marathonmann – Maniac

Moor – Heavy Heart

Enforced – War Remains

Storm Seeker – Nautic Force

As Everything Unfolds – Ultraviolet

Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On

Grand Design – Rawk

Vass / Katsionis – Cynical Silence

Tribulation – Hamartia EP

Lordi – Screem Writers Guild

Black Hawk – Soulkeeper

Night Demon – Outsider

Bad Bones – Hasta El Final!

John Diva & The Rockets of Love – The Big Easy

Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die

Endlevel – Weekend War

Steel Panther – On The Prowl

Tanzwut – Silberne Hochzeit

Those Damn Crows – Inhale/Exhale

Dark Sarah – Attack of Orym

Pristine – The Lines We Cross

Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise

Shaam Larein – Stick En Kniv I Världen

Sündflut – Basta! EP

Amberian Dawn – Take a Chance (A Metal Tribute To ABBA)

Induction – Born from Fire

Hostage – Memento Mori

Avantasia – A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society

Alter Bridge – Pawns And Kings

Orianthi – Rock Candy

Sleeping Romance – We All Are Shadows

Magical Heart – Heartsonic

Monster Truck – Warriors

Slipknot – The End, So Far

Silent Knight – Full Force

I Am – Eternal Steel

Blind Guardian – The God Machine

Fire Horse – Out of the Ashes

Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… and The Dead!

Lugnet – Tales From The Great Beyond

Bad Baron – Ace of Hearts

Thundermother – Black And Gold

Versus Goliath – Liebe & Chaos

Manntra – Kreatura

Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army

H.E.A.T. – Force Majeure

Heischneida – Heischneida II

Traitor – Exiled To The Surface

Breathe Your Last – Apocalypse

RXPTRS – Living Without Death’s Permission

April Art – P.O.K.E.R.F.A.C.E.

Motionless In White – Scoring The End Of The World

Def Leppard – Diamond Star Halos

Wucan – Heretic Tongues

Shameless – So Good, You Should….

Famyne – II: The Ground Below

J.B.O. – Planet Pink

Silver Dust – Lullabies

Axel Rudi Pell – Lost XXIII

DeVicious – Black Heart

Askara – Lights Of Night

Papa Roach – Ego Trip

Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars

Disconnected – We Are Disconnected

Circle of Friends – The Garden

Paleface – Fear & Dagger

Der To – Hand aufs Herz

Sunrunner – Sacred Arts of Navigation

Messa – Close

Crowbar – Zero and Below

Gutrectomy – Manifestation Of Human Suffering

Thunderor – Fire It Up

Corey Taylor – CMFB… Sides EP

Matt Pike – Pike vs the Automaton

Ard – Take Up My Bones

Goodbye June – See Where The Night Goes

Once Human – Scar Weaver

Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – 4

Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory

Saxon – Carpe Diem

Validor – Full Triumphed

The Sleeper – Radiant

Herman Rarebell & The Hurricane Orchestra – Scorpion’s Songs Symphonic

Claus Trophobia – Space Rock Voodoo

Great American Ghost – Torture World EP

Magnum – The Monster Roars

Skillet – Dominion

Tristan Harders’ Twilight Theatre – Drifting Into Insanity

Fuer den Faehrmann – Blutmond EP

Volbeat – Servant Of The Mind

Hämatom – Die Liebe ist Tot

Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)

Lordi – Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular (from: Lordiversity)

Lordi – Abracadaver (from: Lordiversity)

Lordi – Humanimals (from: Lordiversity)

Lordi – Abusement Park (from: Lordiversity)

Lordi – The Masterbeast From The Moon (from: Lordiversity)

Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)

Lordi – Skelectric Dinosaur (from: Lordiversity)

Navian – Cosmos

Running Wild – Blood on Blood

Hulkoff – Ragnarök

Bodyguerra – Fire & Soul

Alcatrazz – V

Creeping Death – The Edge of Existence EP

Naraka – In Tenebris

Rage – Resurrection Day

Iron Maiden – Senjutsu

Danko Jones – Power Trio

Freakstorm – Storm Inside My Heart

All Good Things – A Hope In Hell

CueStack – Diagnosis:Human

Existent – Kartenhaus EP

Buckcherry – Hellbound

Helloween – Helloween

Cleopatrick – Bummer

Anchors & Hearts – Guns Against Liberty

SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen

Mental Cruelty – A Hill To Die Upon

Pop Evil – Versatile

Manntra – Monster Mind Consuming

Evanescence – The Bitter Truth

As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other

Burn Down Eden – Burn Down Eden

The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Damn Tricks

Silent Winter – Empire of Sins

Thunder – All The Right Noises

Heart Healer – The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson

Orden Ogan – Final Days

A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome

Definition of Insanity – Into The Abyss

Dreamshade – A Pale Blue Dot

Erik Cohen – Northern Soul

Flaming Wrekage – Cathedral of Bones

Damon Johnson & The Get Ready – Battle Lessons

Mentally Blind – Stage: Zero

Korpiklaani – Jylhä

Accept – Too Mean To Die

Michael Schenker Group – Immortal

Tragedian – Seven Dimensions

Wig Wam – Never Say Die

Bashdown – Pushing the Envelope

John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – American Amadeus

Majestica – A Christmas Carol

Sodom – Genesis XIX

AC/DC – Power Up

Orianthi – O

Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon

Solstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

Paradise in Flames – Devil’s Collection

The Struts – Strange Days

Benediction – Scriptures

Artificial Eden – Artificial Eden

Ace Frehley – Origins Vol. 2

Thundermother – Heat Wave

U.D.O. & The German Armed Forces Concert Band – We Are One

Beyond the Black – Horizons

Asking Alexandria – Like a House on Fire

Paradise Lost – Obsidian

Axel Rudi Pell – Sign of The Times

Nightwish – Human :||: Nature

Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting

Gotthard – #13 (Album Review)

Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)

Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

Seven Spires – Emerald Seas

Sepultura – Quadra

Richie Kotzen – 50 for 50

Lordi – Killection

Kirk Windstein – Dream In Motion

Marko Hietala – Pyre Of The Black Heart

Skull Koraptor – Chaos Station

Shadowmass – Shadowmass (Album Review)

Project Renegade – Order of The Minus

Lacuna Coil – Black Anima

Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules

Black Star Riders – Another State of Grace

Tarja – In the Raw

Hammerfall – Dominion

Avantasia – Moonglow (Album Review)

Doro – Forever Warriors // Forever United (Album Review)
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Food I Had Onboard XII (Late October 2023 – Mid-November 2023)

Food I Had Onboard XI (Mid September 2023 – October 2023)

The Privilege of the Loo – On Bathroom Distribution in Airplanes

Flying with FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr from Harle (EDXP) to Wangerooge (AGE)

Food I Had Onboard X (July 2023 til early September 2023)

Air France / KLM Lounge Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

Food I Had Onboard IX (Mid-May 2023 til June 2023)

Food I Had Onboard VIII (April 2023 til Mid-May 2023)

Food I Had Onboard VII (mid-February 2023 til March 2023)

Food I Had Onboard VI (December 2022 til mid-February 2023)

Singapore Airlines A380 Premium Economy

Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) Visitors’ Center

Food I Had Onboard V (September 2022 til November 2022)

Lufthansa Bistro Lounge Frankfurt (FRA) C14/C15

Flying with OFD (Ostfriesischer Flugdienst)

Food I Had Onboard IV (May 2022 til August 2022)

Helgoland Airport (HGL)

Food I Had Onboard III (Mar 2022 til April 2022)

Food I Had Onboard II (Nov 21 til Mar 2022)

My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts

Food I Had Onboard (Oct 2021 til Nov 2021)

Lufthansa Senator Lounge Munich Airport (near G28)

Flying With Lübeck Air

Condor Boeing 767 Business Class from Toronto (YYZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)

Lübeck Airport (LBC)

Saarbruecken Airport (SCN)

Flying from Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport (PAD)

Sylt / Westerland Airport (GWT)

Berlin Brandenburg Airport Terminal 1 (BER) – My First Review

Flying the PAD Aviation Embraer Phenom 300

A Walk Through Cologne / Bonn Airport Terminal at Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)

Lufthansa Business Lounge Berlin/Brandenburg (BER) during Covid-19

MeerExpress – Flying the Air Shuttle to Norderney & Juist

Flying Dortmund Airport (DTM)

Überlingen Plane Collision Memorials

Traveling Through Germany at Covid-19 Times – A special Trip Review

Frankfurt Airport during Covid-19

Airport Lounge World Munich Airport

Eurowings Lounge Munich – The Low(est) Cost Lounge Experience?

The Christmas Market at Munich Airport

The New 2021 Miles & More Points – Back to FREQUENT Flying?

Dusseldorf Airport Photo Tour

Flying the Aerotask A320 Simulator (in Essen)

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Frankfurt Airport

Flying Sun-Air of Scandinavia

Lufthansa First Class Flight Experience

Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt

Lufthansa Panorama Lounge in Frankfurt

Flying with VLM from Cologne to Antwerp

LATAM 705 – Love Letter to a Flight