Mentalist - A Journey Into The Unknown

3.9

Rating

3.9/5

Flyctory.com Pros

Great vocal performance
Overall, a lot of talent in the band - almost a "super group"

Flyctory.com Cons

Some songs are just too weak, regarding their talent
You feel higher potential

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.

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I always enjoy to listen to bands I haven't heard of before. One of them is the German band Fuer ...

Volbeat – Servant Of The Mind

New tunes from Volbeat: the successful Danish rockers are back in the record stores from 3rd December 2021. Their new ...

Hämatom – Die Liebe ist Tot

Hämatom feels to be a truly active band: just some eight months after I reviewed - and enjoyed their album ...

Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)

It's been a lot of work - but it has also been a lot of fun. The "monster weekend" on ...

Lordi – Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular (from: Lordiversity)

Lordiversity completed: the seventh and thus last album of the album compilation Lordiversity is Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular. Last, but not least, the band ...

Lordi – Abracadaver (from: Lordiversity)

Abracadaver is the sixth episode of the Lordiversity. This time, the album feature twelve songs around thrash metal and groove metal, ...

Lordi – Humanimals (from: Lordiversity)

The fifth Lordiversity album Humanimals is showing Lordi in their comfort zone: the album is dedicated to glam rock, hard rock and ...

Lordi – Abusement Park (from: Lordiversity)

Not only because there will be a Lordi-featured ghost train ride on Finnish fun fairs in 2021, Abusement Park feels to be ...

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

The third album from the Lordiversity septuplet is The Masterbeast From The Moon. The album cover feels a lot like scary stories - ...

Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)

The second album by Lordi from the Lordiversity box is SuperFlyTrap. It comes with another ten songs, but is significantly longer ...

Lordi – Skelectric Dinosaur (from: Lordiversity)

The Finnish monsters do it in extra large - on 26th November 2021 Lordi are releasing their new latest CD ...

Navian – Cosmos

What are you doing when you are making new friends at the party celebrating your recent Bachelor graduation in contemporary ...

Running Wild – Blood on Blood

Seventeen studio albums so far - #17 on 29th October 2021 - the German band Running Wild has quite an ...

Hulkoff – Ragnarök

It is hard to describe the sound of Hulkoff, which is the solo project of songwriter and composer Pär Hulkoff ...

Bodyguerra – Fire & Soul

Rock from Germany: On 15th October 2021, the Western German band Bodyguerra will release their second album Fire & Soul ...

Alcatrazz – V

Alcatrazz had a couple of break-ups and hiatuses during their song history. Since their founding in 1983, they were active ...

Creeping Death – The Edge of Existence EP

"We just want to be heavy and create fun" - that's how Creeping Death describe themselves in the press information ...

Naraka – In Tenebris

Some metal on Flyctory.com (again): on 8th October 2021, the French metal band Naraka release their debut album, In Tenebris ...

Rage – Resurrection Day

Some new guitar riffs made in Germany: it is hard to think about the German metal music scene without thinking ...

Iron Maiden – Senjutsu

Big name - big album? When Iron Maiden stated that they will release Senjutsuon 3rd September 2021, this release had ...

Danko Jones – Power Trio

Hard riffs from Canada: Danko Jones is active since a quarter of a century already and have fans worldwide. Their ...

Freakstorm – Storm Inside My Heart

A tribute band growing to an album with seven very own songs and two covers: Freakstorm from Gummersbach near Cologne ...

All Good Things – A Hope In Hell

A new album from All Good Things after some four years of absence in the record store with a very ...

CueStack – Diagnosis:Human

Like quite likely many of you, I ran into the Austrian metal / metalcore band CueStack due to a Crowdfunding ...

Existent – Kartenhaus EP

Some German rock to be released on 23rd July 2021: I ran into the music of the band Existent and ...

Buckcherry – Hellbound

Cool hard rock with Californian roots: via promotion agencies, I ran into Hellbound by the band Buckcherry. The band is ...

Helloween – Helloween

Time to bang your head again: the German metal big guns Helloween are back in the record stores, six years ...

Cleopatrick – Bummer

Hard rock from Canada: with Bummer, the band Cleopatrick is releasing their first-ever album on 4th June 2021. The album ...

Anchors & Hearts – Guns Against Liberty

New hardcore album from the North of Germany: Anchors & Hearts recorded their fourth album Guns Against Liberty and will ...

SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen

Covid-19 felt to be a good opportunity for Esa Holopainen to go solo. Instead of releasing new stuff with Amorphis, ...

Mental Cruelty – A Hill To Die Upon

About the album A Hill To Die Upon, its composer and guitarist Marvin Kessler said, This is the album I ...

Pop Evil – Versatile

Pop Evil are definitely in the top spheres of the US hard rock scene. Their album regularly hit upper rankings ...

Manntra – Monster Mind Consuming

Croatian folk-rock with a metal touch? Sounds quite interesting, doesn't it? And, indeed, when I scanned one of the music ...

Evanescence – The Bitter Truth

It has been quite amazing for me to read that The Bitter Truth is only the fifth studio album by the ...

As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other

This release is for the guitar lovers. As Everything Unfolds is a band from Southern England, which has developed very ...

Burn Down Eden – Burn Down Eden

Even though their press package praises them as the new German lead in the melodic death metal scene, I have ...

The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Damn Tricks

As frequent readers of Flyctory.com might now, I do keep a certain mental distance to press releases and press kits ...

Silent Winter – Empire of Sins

I did not have Greek music for quite a while. The more I am glad that I received another sample ...

Thunder – All The Right Noises

The release list as of 12th March 2021 was just massive. Even though I had quite a lot of albums ...

Heart Healer – The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson

I love metal operas. Avantasia, for example, are one of my absolute favorite acts over all genres. Thus, I was ...

Orden Ogan – Final Days

I have to admit that I did not know Orden Ogan before this review. Quite a gap in my music ...

A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome

Some new tunes by A Day To Remember: the US rockers released You're Welcome, their latest album, on 5th March ...

Definition of Insanity – Into The Abyss

A typical life of a music blogger: the information about Definition of Insanity has been sparse when I ran into ...

Dreamshade – A Pale Blue Dot

Metalcore made in Switzerland: Dreamshade are doing music since 2006. On 5th March 2021, they will release their fourth album ...

Erik Cohen – Northern Soul

Quite some interesting rock music to be released on 26th February 2021. I originally wanted to start my reviews of ...

Flaming Wrekage – Cathedral of Bones

Hard guitar riffs from Australia: Flaming Wrekage are a treat for the metal heads among you. After having some successful ...

Damon Johnson & The Get Ready – Battle Lessons

Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders - Damon Johnson has indeed worked with some of the really big names ...

Mentally Blind – Stage: Zero

Mentally Blind are one of the key acts of the Polish metal scene. Despite being active since 2010 already and ...

Korpiklaani – Jylhä

Since I ran into the music of Korpiklaani at a Lordi gig in Helsinki, I am really a fan of ...

Accept – Too Mean To Die

Covid-19 has some weird impacts: as a major German pressing plant had to reduce operation due to the pandemic, a ...

Michael Schenker Group – Immortal

Happy Birthday, Michael Schenker - some three weeks after the German rock legend turned 65 years, he is back with ...

Tragedian – Seven Dimensions

Even though Tragedian is a Hamburg-based project, their members come from quite some parts of Europe. I got to have ...

Wig Wam – Never Say Die

There is not just Lordi and their Hard Rock Hallelujah - also some other bands who love the harder guitar sounds made ...

Bashdown – Pushing the Envelope

After they got quite some good critics for their debut album, the German metal / hardcore band Bashdown starts 2021 ...

John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – American Amadeus

Hair Metal - the fusion of pop and metal is a genre for some quite strange - but successful - ...

Majestica – A Christmas Carol

I love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Though I am especially favoring the Muppets movie version, I was absolutely fond ...

Sodom – Genesis XIX

Sodom is one of the finest names for Thrash Metal made in Germany. The band is already having a 38 ...

AC/DC – Power Up

When AC/DC updated their social media accounts with the Power Up album logo marketing, this felt like small hard rock sensation ...

Orianthi – O

Australian weekend on Flyctory.com: after I already reviewed the albums by Kylie Minogue and Caitlyn Shadbolt, the third release from ...

Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon

If you are thinking about moving to Finland, but feel afraid of the (indeed strange) language - maybe it is ...

Solstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

Iceland - one of the most painful experiences this year for me. I already had booked a trip to the ...

Paradise in Flames – Devil’s Collection

Paradise in Flames are a Death Metal / Black Metal band from Brazil. Even though they already exist since 2002, ...

The Struts – Strange Days

Even despite their first two albums had rather average success, The Struts gained a lot of reputation in Great Britain ...

Benediction – Scriptures

Benediction are quite a big name in the Death Metal scene. The British, however, haven't released any album since twelve ...

Artificial Eden – Artificial Eden

The Flyctory.com week before 16th October 2020 will be quite packed with rock and metal albums. There will be two ...

Ace Frehley – Origins Vol. 2

When a Rock'n'Rock Hall of Famer (which he was inducted to in 2014 as original KISS member) is releasing a ...

Thundermother – Heat Wave

Four girls and hard rock? Thundermother is definitely a cool bunch of ladies. On 31st July 2020, they released the ...

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

When I read about the collaboration, I knew I just had to do a review of this project: one of ...

Beyond the Black – Horizons

Beyond The Black got some additional focus in Germany when their lead singer Jennifer Haben joined the popular TV format Sing ...

Asking Alexandria – Like a House on Fire

Three years after their previous album, Asking Alexandria released another studio album, Like A House on Fire, on 15th May 2020. The ...

Paradise Lost – Obsidian

From time to time, Flyctory.com needs to care about the dark tunes in music as well. The British Gothic Metal ...

Axel Rudi Pell – Sign of The Times

60 years of Axel Rudi Pell - one of the big names in the German metal scene is celebrating this ...

Nightwish – Human :||: Nature

Nightwish are somehow the undisputed kings of Finnish metal (even though I personally prefer Lordi). Being in the business since the ...

Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting

It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...

Gotthard – #13 (Album Review)

The Swiss band Gotthard is something like their nation's national monument in the Hard Rock genre. They publish music since the ...

Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)

Time for some discussions in the German music scene - the Böhse Onkelz released their 17th studio album on 28th ...

Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

Likely, being an Ordinary Man is one of the attributes you would least assign to Ozzy Ozbourne spontaneously. Nevertheless, the former Black Sabbath ...