When I first saw the not-so-professional album cover, I thought "Oh, please not another one of these cheap hard rock bands with standard riffs and zero innovation.". I was pleasantly surprised to see that this is by no means the case with NMDV.
Although the album cover is anything but professional, the music in fact is. When listening to the first song, I asked myself: "Heck, why aren't they signed to a major label and tour the world already?". Both the music, their technical ability and the recording quality are comparable to established artists in their genre.
But what is their genre? Generally, I'd say it's some kind of hard rock. With progressive elements. But there is lot more to it. Despite of their very heavy metal-like riffing, keyboards and vocals partly sound like borrowed straight from the eighties. It really seems that new wave had a big influence on the six.
Apart from the songs itself, it's Sebastian Piepke, the singer of the sextet, who contributes to this very characteristic sound. He sounds like a blend of David Gahan and Glenn Danzig, perhaps with a tiny nuance of Hansi Kürsch.
Altogether, this creates a very interesting and unique music, which is definately worth listening to. The only weak point is, that some of their (mostly calmer) songs don't really seem to work well with Piepke's voice.
All in all, Nomore D-Vision are carrying the heart of very different styles to a new millenium and succeed with creating a characteristic and unique sound.
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