Stromchild [Import]

Mad Max | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 4, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Axe Killer
• ASIN: B00000B90W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #749,570 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Never Say Never

2. Run For The Night

3. Lonely Is The Hunter

4. Stormchild

5. Love Chains

6. Return Of The Hunter

7. Rollin The Dice

8. Restless Survivor

9. Heroes Die Lonely

10. Voices In The Night

Editorial Reviews

ORIGINAL MEGA RARE re-issue of MAD MAX's ""Stormchild"" from 1998! We totally love this great and underrated German metal band. All their albums are of the highest quality. HAIL!AXE KILLER RECORDS 1998

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars More melodic, but still a great metal album, October 8, 2010

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stormchild (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1985, Stormchild was the third album from German melodic metal band Mad Max. I found my way backwards to this band after hearing vocalist Michael Voss on the Casanova album, and really love Mad Max's melodic approach to the `80s heavy metal style.

Unlike the NWOBHM-sounding Rollin Thunder, Stormchild is a much more melodic and accessible album. It's still metal, but it's a polished, radio-friendly kind of metal. They're less Saxon here and more Heavy Pettin', Treat and Leatherwolf. The band came up with some very good songs here, like the anthems "Run for the Night" and "Rollin' the Dice," and even the slower songs (I don't want to call them ballads) like "Lonely Is the Hunter" and "Voices in the Night" are quite impressive, thanks in large part to Michael Voss's smooth yet powerful vocal performance.

It's not as heavy as the previous Mad Max albums, but Stormchild ought to appeal to fans of `80s heavy metal as well as harder-edged melodic rock. Mad Max really excelled at this kind of music, and Stormchild is one of their best releases.

Edition Notes: French label Axe Killer reissued Stormchild in 1998. The Axe Killer reissue features digitally remastered sound and comes with a slipcase.

Edition Notes 2: Metal Mind reissued Stormchild in 2009. Like the Axe Killer reissue, the album has been remastered. There is also a bonus track called "Can't Stop Taking." It's limited to 2000 copies, and comes in a cheap-looking digipack. I really wish Metal Mind would give those up in favor of a proper jewel case.