Minusheart – M6 (Digital/CD Album – Echozone)
The German combo Minusheart returns with their sixth full-length album. The group has been active for several years, but fans have now had to endure a five-year wait for this new release. The band is certainly doing well in Germany, where quite a few live shows are lined up, but they remain rather unknown abroad.
On “M6”, they stay true to their Industrial approach to Electro/EBM, mainly thanks to the guitar riffs that inject an extra threatening and powerful edge. Minusheart stands for dark EBM driven by cold melodies, especially in the choruses. At times, they also experiment with minimalistic sounds. The vocals remain as monotonous as before, which for me is still the major drawback of their work. The voice is nevertheless powerful and somewhat charismatic, but in my opinion, it’s under-produced.
This is one of those groups that I believe has real potential, but the end result never quite lives up to expectations. (Rating:6).
Listen to “A Catastrophe”:
About Minusheart
Minusheart is an electro-industrial band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2007 by Jorg “Diver” Sauer and Ralf “Benden” Bender, with Diver remaining the constant member through several lineup changes. The band released its debut album, “Disease”, on October 16, 2009, via Echozone, followed by “The Big Idea” in 2011 and “Calls from Space” in 2013. The fourth album, “Traps and Treasures”, came out on September 28, 2018 on Timezone Records, produced by Maxim Dergunov. Minusheart returned to Echozone for its fifth album, “The Dark Side of the Sun“, released April 24, 2020 and produced by Jan Loamfield of X-Fusion. The current line-up of Diver, Chriss Rey (guitars), Robert Lee (E-drums) and Thomas Martine (synthesizer) recorded “M6”, the band’s sixth studio album, released via Echozone in May 2025 after singles including “A Catastrophe” and “Sickman”.
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