Men of Honor (Album)

Occupation

• Vocals: Russell Allen
• Guitar: Mike Orlando
• Bass: John Moyer
• Drums: AJ Pero

Men of Honor (English: men of honor ) is the second studio album by the American Heavy-Metal/-Hard-Rock-Band Adrenaline Mob. It was released on 18 February 2014 in North America and three days later in the rest of the world via Century Media. Men of Honor is the first album with drummer AJ Pero.

Formation

In June 2013, the drummer Mike Portnoy left the band for reasons of timing. Even without a drummer began the guitarist Mike Orlando and singer Russell Allen with the songwriting for their second studio album. Orlando wrote it in his own words " 13 to 20 songs ." Musically, the second album of more modern bands like Shinedown or the Foo Fighters was affected.

The recordings took place in New York City in October and November 2013 Sonic Stomp Studio. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Mike Orlando. The drums played an AJ Pero, who is also active in the band Twisted Sister. Pero was the beginning of December 2013 presented as a new permanent member. Guitarist Mike Orlando contributed to the new album propagated as earlier backing vocals on. Was mixed and mastered Men of Honor of Mike Orlando.

The band signed a worldwide deal with Century Media, who were previously responsible only for Europe. Prior to the release, the band put in the weekly change each song as streaming.

Background

The album title was suggested by Mike Orlando's father, after both were thinking about possible album title. Orlando's father first suggested Uomini D' Onore the Italian translation, from which finally the English translation Men of Honor was. Orlando called Adrenaline Mob in an interview as a musical passage.

"No matter what changes we are men of honor and this entity will honor until we die. "

Feel the Adrenaline is both of a car and of the band. At the end of the song singer Russel Allen built a small tribute to the late Alice -in- Chains singer Layne Staley. House of Lies refers to variety shows, called the Mike Orlando as a house of lies. Fallin 'to Pieces is dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Reception

Reviews

Dan Mailer from the online magazine Metaltemple rated the album as a " masterpiece" and " fantastic successor " of the debut album. He praised the terrific production and recommended the album " all fans of ordinary heavy metal with powerful vocals ." Nils makers from the online magazine Powermetal.de praised the musical mix of the album, the fast car rides and early morning waking provides a perfect soundtrack and vegab eight out of ten. In fact Bernard Högl by the online magazine Stormbringer.at praised the " well-rehearsed, fat rockers who make Men of Honor to a strong album ." Since he " got the feeling that the band repeated " he forgave 3.5 out of five.

Charts

Men of Honor sold in the first week after the release of about 3,600 times in the United States. These were around 3,000 copies less than the debut album. The album reached number 99 of the U.S. charts. In Switzerland, the album reached number 60 of the album charts there. For the first time the band made ​​the jump into the German charts, where Men of Honor reached number 76.