Today newspaper in Singapore reviewed Tokio Hotel’s new Humanoid album and gave it 3.5, out of a possible 5, stars. The review puts a positive light on their career, but seems to prefer Schrei to the new Humanoid album. Check out the review below. With the review from India yesterday, it’s time for us to be saying Asian domination alongside the World domination!
Back in the days when proto-metal-punk bands like Oblivion Dust were coming into their own, there lived an outfit called Tokio Hotel. They didn’t come from Japan – unless Japan happened to be a province in Germany – but they made music that would have sat snugly in any anime film. It also helped that singer Bill Kaulitz looks like a manga character.
Together with brother Tom on guitar, drummer Gustav Schafer and bassist Georg Listing, Tokio Hotel have since scored four No 1 hits and three No 1 albums in their native country (er, that’s Germany, if you still haven’t figured it out), starting with their 2005 German debut Schrei – later released in English as Scream.
Interestingly, three years after their debut, they picked up the Best New Artist award at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and became the first German band to win awards at three MTV Awards events (the VMAs, the Latin American Awards and the European Music Awards).
So, a lot has been expected of this, their second English effort. It isn’t quite as heavy as Schrei, but there’s still enough melody and crunch to keep this in your consciousness, complete with melodrama. Gem tracks include Automatic, Zoom Into Me and Pain Of Love.
3.5/5
Credits: tokiohotelnetwork.com
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