It's been a long time that I've been receiving news from KAPITULATION BONN. Six years have gone by since the last full release Blut.
So, finally I am listening to the new CD Helden, and fortunately some things never change.
All well-known trademarks – fast punkrock songs with a slight metal influence, catchy tunes, provoking vocals and critical lyrics can surely be found on the new release, but especially the last point - the statements - differs from former stuff: All in all it's more global, a bit more subtly and more intelligent than before.
Songs like Willkür, the great ear catcher White House, Erfahrungswerte (great lyrics) and the intimate Freunde won't leave your brain that fast. But the definite highlight is Wüstensohn, and I presume to designate that song as one of the best KAPITULATION BONN songs that has ever been written, of course beside the punkrock hymn Der Pazifist.
Well done, gentlemen.
This may indemnify for some not so good songs like Macht, Wohlstandskinder or Herz.
In all Helden is an important statement in a crazy time full of Dieter Bohlens and other jackasses.