{"id":372,"date":"2021-06-25T13:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/?p=372"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:36:44","slug":"mentalist-a-journey-into-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/?p=372","title":{"rendered":"Mentalist &#8211; A Journey Into The Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.germusica.com\/pics\/mentalist2021-cover-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" \/><br style=\"clear: right;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>product:<\/strong> Mentalist &#8211; A Journey Into The Unknown<\/p>\n<p><strong>release date:<\/strong> 20.08.2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>territory:<\/strong> world<\/p>\n<p><strong>formats:<\/strong> CD &amp; digital<\/p>\n<p>MENTALIST is a Melodic Metal band from Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany that was founded in 2018. The group consists of Peter Moog (guitars), Thomen Stauch (drums, ex BLIND GUARDIAN), Kai Stringer (guitars, ex STARCHILD) and Swedish singer extraordinaire Rob Lundgren on vocals.<\/p>\n<p>After the highly successful debut release \u201cFreedom Of Speech\u201d in 2020, the group now returns with its sophomore release \u201cA Journey Into The Unknown\u201d. Just like the predecessor, this new opus puts a strong focus onto huge guitar melodies and vocals lines amongst others. MENTALIST\u2019s influences from the genre\u2019s greats such as Iron Maiden, Helloween and Blind Guardian still shine through \u2013 but they formed their own identity.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Palotai (Kamelot; keyboards on all tracks) and Mike LePond (Symphony X, bass on all tracks) together with singer Henning Basse (Metalium, Firewind; backing vocals on most tracks, plus a duet on &#8222;Live Forever&#8220;) all appear as guests on this record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Journey Into The Unknown\u201d again also showcases an incredible artwork designed by Andreas Marschall (Blind Guardian, Running Wild) \u2013 starring the band\u2019s mascot, the Mentalist. The Mentalist continues his journey as recurring element in the group\u2019s artwork and during their live shows with visual effects.<\/p>\n<p>Mix &amp; mastering this time was handled by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe, Pretty Maids etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>product: Mentalist &#8211; A Journey Into The Unknown release date: 20.08.2021 territory: world formats: CD &amp; digital MENTALIST is a Melodic Metal band from Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany that was founded in 2018. The group consists of Peter Moog (guitars), Thomen Stauch (drums, ex BLIND GUARDIAN), Kai Stringer (guitars, ex STARCHILD) and Swedish singer extraordinaire Rob Lundgren on vocals. After the highly successful debut release \u201cFreedom Of Speech\u201d in 2020, the group now returns with its sophomore release \u201cA Journey Into The Unknown\u201d. Just like the predecessor, this new opus puts a strong focus onto huge guitar melodies and vocals lines amongst others. MENTALIST\u2019s influences from the genre\u2019s greats such as Iron Maiden, Helloween and Blind Guardian still shine through \u2013 but they formed their own identity. Oliver Palotai (Kamelot; keyboards on all tracks) and Mike LePond (Symphony X, bass on all tracks) together with singer Henning Basse (Metalium, Firewind; backing vocals on most tracks, plus a duet on &#8222;Live Forever&#8220;) all appear as guests on this record. \u201cA Journey Into The Unknown\u201d again also showcases an incredible artwork designed by Andreas Marschall (Blind Guardian, Running Wild) \u2013 starring the band\u2019s mascot, the Mentalist. The Mentalist continues his journey as recurring element in the group\u2019s artwork and during their live shows with visual effects. Mix &amp; mastering this time was handled by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe, Pretty Maids etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prideandjoy.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}