- Bravewords
"Kingmaker is yet another masterful work of brilliance from this vastly overlooked and under appreciated band."
- My Global Mind
"Once more, Denmark's Pretty Maids deliver the goods: high-energy melodic heavy metal infused with hard rock groove, melody, and harmony."
- Danger Dog Music Reviews
"Kingmaker", PRETTY MAIDS' highly anticipated follow up to 2013's critically and commercially successful release "Motherland", is available via Frontiers Music Srl.
"Kingmaker" can be ordered here: radi.al/Kingmakeror at the below links:
Amazon: radi.al/KingmakerAmazon
iTunes: radi.al/KingmakeriTunes
Google Play:radi.al/KingmakerGooglePlay
Spotify: radi.al/KingmakerSpotify
It's always difficult to follow a successful and inspired record, but "Kingmaker" shows PRETTY MAIDS are still in the freshest and most vital phase of their career since the early 90's.
The production is absolutely stellar thanks to Jacob Hansen (Volbeat), who has given the band a sound that not only reinvigorates them, but also incorporates the soundscapes of the past. Modern and classic at the same time, if you will.
What can then be said about Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer? One of the best song writing teams in the genre, hands down.
Atkins' voice just gets better and better as the years go by. Menacing and vicious one minute, melodic and soothing the next.
Likewise, Hammer is on fire here and lays down some of his heaviest riffs in recent memory.
Every track on this beauty is worthy of attention whether it is an in-your-face melting barn burner such as the one-two starters "When God Took A Day Off" / "King Maker," "Bullseye" and "Humanize Me" or timeless melodic metal anthems such as "Face the World" and "Heaven's Little Devil" or even a superb power ballad like "Last Beauty on Earth". This record has everything PRETTY MAIDS could possibly ask for.
Don't miss them when they play live in a city near you - you'll be blown away by the explosion of Danish dynamite.
Lineup
Ronnie Atkins - vocals
Ken Hammer - guitars
Rene Shades - bass
Allan Tschicaja - drums
Produced by Jacob Hansen
TOUR DATES:
Nov. 24th Gothenburg/Sweden Venue: Sticky Fingers
Nov. 25th Gävle/Sweden Venue: Dirty Harry
Nov. 26th Stockholm/Sweden Venue: Fryshuset
Dec. 9th Esbjerg/Denmark Venue: Tobakken
Dec. 10th Aalborg/Denmark Venue: Skraaen
Dec. 16th Horsens/Denmark Venue: Horsens Ny Teater
TOUR DATES (with Gotthard)
FEB 9 Ravensburg (DE) Oberschwabenklub
FEB 10 Regensburg (DE) Airport Obertraubling
FEB 11 Ulm (DE) Ratiopharm Arena
FEB 13 Frankfurt (DE) Batschkapp
FEB 14 Hamburg (DE) Markthalle
FEB 15 Hannover (DE) Capitol
FEB 17 Osnabrück (DE) Hyde Park
FEB 18 Oberhausen (DE) Turbinenhalle
FEB 19 Freiburg (DE) Zäpfle Club
FEB 22 Milan (ITA) Alcatraz
FEB 24 Bilbao (SPA) Santana 27
FEB 25 Madrid (SPA) La Riviera
FEB 26 Barcelona (SPA) Razzmatazz 2
MAR 2 München (DE) Tonhalle
MAR 6 Wien (A) Gasometer
MAR 7 Nürnberg (DE) Löwensaal
MAR 8 Saarbrücken (DE) Garage
MAR 9 Balingen (DE) Volksbankmesse
