Search - Pretty Maids :: Scream

What rock should be!

Justin Gaines | 07/11/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been listening to Heavy Metal music for a long time and I can honestly say this Pretty Maids album is awesome! Like most of your true Heavy Metal bands it showcases the artists' talents with songs like Scream, No Messiah, and melodic songs like This Love. It's good to see that there is still good Metal out there!"

Alternative? Not Pretty Maids!

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 01/10/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's good to see that Danish melodic metal masters Pretty Maids wasn't drinking the "alternative rock" Kool-Aid when they released their 1994 album Scream. When bands like Dokken and Pink Cream 69 were attempting to reach grunge fans (with Dysfunctional and Change, respectively), Pretty Maids seemed to know that those two worlds weren't meant to mix, and did what they do best, by releasing the kind of heavy yet melodic metal album that their fans had come to expect.



I always struggle with just how to describe this band's albums. After "heavy" and "melodic", is there really anything about Pretty Maids' music that their fans don't already understand? The band mastered this kind of metal early in their career, and Scream simply continues their streak of great albums. I suppose it's not as 80's sounding as Future World or Jump the Gun (a.k.a. Lethal Heroes), but it still has the signature Pretty Maids sound. It does have a bit more in terms of ballads than I was expecting, but they're really really good ballads, and there's more than enough hard rock to balance them out.



If you're a Pretty Maids fan, you're going to want this album. If you were worried that the band's sound in the 90's was radically different that what it was in the 80's, worry no more! I've said it before and I'll say it again - Pretty Maids does not disappoint!

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