03/16/2013 14:49

Mayfair

Mayfair: debut album 'Behind...' to be reissued

The Austrian band's 1993 album 'Behind...' was a real underground sensation.

After the much acclaimed 2-track-demo 'Find My Screams behind This Gate', their fans were hoping for new material from this eccentric combo. The six tracks from 'Behind...' remind you of the band's early phase, but they also show new facets.

'Behind...' is progressive and metallic (just listen to the drummer), but you will also sense a kind of gothic touch ('Madame Pest').

Mayfair is a band that sounds like no other band, you can't really pigeonhole them. But if you really want to compare them to other bands, you could maybe name Voivod and Warlord / Psychotic Waltz in their early phases (see review in Rock Hard No. 78).

At the end of 2012, 'Behind...' was completely remastered and will be re-released by Pure Prog Records. Bonus is a second CD which contains the tracks from the demo 'Find My Screams behind This Gate' and eight further previously unreleased demo-tracks. The CDs will be released in a limited double digipak.

Track listing:
CD 1
1. Behind
2. Advanced in Years
3. Generation Isolated
4. Madame Pest
5. Schlaflos Müde
6. Ecstasy
Total Playing Time: 29:11 min

CD 2
1. Daily Screams
2. Pt. II Long past and Forgotten...?
3. Man of Sorrows
4. Adam
5. Dear Julia
6. Tears
7. Last Spring
8. Fegefeuer
9. Individual Circus
10. Emptiness
11. Man of Sorrows
Total Playing Time: 48:00 min

This re-release is a must for people who have never heard from the band to this day, but also, of course, for all the fans who treasure the original release in their collection.

Mayfair are in the studio at the moment, recording material for a new album with the title 'Schlage, mein Herz, schlage...', which is planned for 2013.
The journey begins again...

(source: Pure Prog records)