What kind of expectations one has towards the tenth studio album of a band decorated with Platinum several times over nearly 20 years of history? Of course, the jubilee album has to be the one that doubles the collected precious metal by now with just one throw. But friends, OOMPH! won’t be this kind of band these days if they tried to please everybody again and again. Far from it! In defiance of all success and offers the Germans out of Wolfsburg back out of the spotlight to bundle the most concisely characteristics of their career to release their jubilee album as a worthy one. And OOMPH! manages this more than successful! This record isn’t only called Monster – this record is one literally. Beim Ersten Mal Tut’s Immer Weh opens in Beautiful People style; EBM-synthies beat in Revolution before strange tunes in the fancy Rock-Tango track In Deinen Hüften or in the piano/strings ballad Auf Kurs with its harmonies get under one’s skin are attached. Right between these extremes OOMPH! shine with their typical trademarks: inimitable catchy refrains, mighty guitar riffs, danceable beats, clever electro priorities and soulful breaks with soundtrack like passages refined by a lacing of pathos. This is reflected in his lyrics again. Certainly Dero deals copious with his pet subject, the human psyche. This one likes to be Monster, too! Hostage-taker like the Kampusch one or the incest father from Amstetten are picked out as a central theme like the birth told in imaginative metaphors as can be heard in Lass Mich Raus. However, the absolute highlight for me is the musical staging of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale in Wer Schön Sein Will Muss Leiden. The transformation and the connection to modern times are absolutely ingenious. Not only the intelligence OOMPH! deals with in their jubilee album is considerable. In fact the whole appearance with all its facings knows to enthuse the over the whole length. Easily a Monster of an album!