Night Laser

Power to Power

 

(2020) Vinyl LP

 

At the small Wellesweiler Open Air in Germany, I noticed the band Night Laser from Hamburg. Late at night, I asked guitarist Tony at the merchandise booth for the latest album "Power to Power" and a T-shirt. By the way, the album cover features Hamburg's Elbtunnel.

 

Right from the start, the four guys are more of a live band than they would shine over their albums. But that doesn't mean that the recorded songs are wrong. Stylistically, they move very routinely between glam metal, power metal and melodic hard rock. They have quite simple rock songs as well as more virtuoso stuff.

 

There is a Youtube video for the opening song "Street King". The deliberate slip with the autotune effect shocks purists who notice it. But well, it's nothing more than an intro. Somehow the album only really gets going from "Up to date", the fourth track. Side B of the record is then filled with bangers. I was particularly taken with "Kiss me today".

 

Of course, the music of the Lasers of the Night is not modern, but rather fresh and rocked down with a lot of fun. They are especially strong when things get more demanding and vocals and guitars move through the composition in a relatively complex way. On the other hand, Night Laser are not Dragonforce, so the progressiveness has its limits.

 

The 2020 album is good to listen to, but not the best. Even if they don't take the three previous editions much, there is more hit potential on the two predecessors.

 

Fun side note: All metal bands with "Night" in their name seemingly sound good. Night Demon, Night, The Night Eternal, Night in Gales, Midnight.... Well, there are hundreds more with this name, one bad one will certainly be there. By the way, the linked song titles will take you to a corresponding Youtube video.

 

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Laserhead

 

 

(2017) as Digipack or CD

 

Already the cover from the very old school of metal is something. The hits on the "Laserhead" disc top it all. "Chaos Crew" or the title track "Laserhead" are worthy of mention, with which you even put the hairspray on top when your hairdo has already vanished.

 

All in all, calmer tones are struck on the second album with partly very sensitive ballads. This makes the release varied. In the end, only the debut album has more hits in store.

 

Best Album

All in all, "Fight for the night" offers most of the hits that Night Laser still like to play live today.

 

 

(2014) CD

 

Musically, "Fight for the Night" is already very mature, considering that it was the group's first complete release. The tracks are fun, only a little more independence was missing, which can generally be chalked up as the biggest shortcoming. In addition, the drum cymbals clang here a bit too shrill; keyword mastering.

 

The long ballad "Wrecked", on the other hand, is still very popular live. The title at the beginning "Heaven is hell" is so good for posers that Manowar would kick them out. In "Party on!" Benno proves all his vocal prowess on the mic.

 

Despite the less than ideal production, the most glamorous bangers are hiding here. Probably a lot of great stuff had accumulated by the time the band started.

 

 

The Night Laser boys always wish they could perform in Los Angeles soon. Although they are still strolling through small clubs in Europe in their music career, their skills already justify a gig in the Bay Area. Let's go, record company, send the Lasers across the pond!

 

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Night Laser Tour 2023