Germany's MOB RULES have launched official Twitter.com and Facebook pages. Click the following links for details:

Official Twitter.com Page

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As previously reported, the band's new Astral Hand EP is due out on October 9th. The tracklisting:

'Astral Hand'

'Astral Hand' (Radio Edit) *

'Astral Hand' (Instrumental) *

'Man On The Run' *

'Hold On 2009' (Unplugged Version) *

* these songs are exclusive bonus tracks which will not appear on the new album Radical Peace. 'Man On The Run' is an unreleased track from the Among The Gods sessions.

BraveWords.com recently received the following press release:

When the Northern German melodic metal band Mob Rules release their sixth studio album Radical Peace on November 13th on AFM, the whole scene will listen up. Mob Rules are a prime example of their genre, proving that this style of music has much more to offer than clichés and platitudes. Radical Peace presents a multitude of stylistic variations and effective surprises in a musical direction that is clearly and consciously not watered-down by pseudo-modern frippery. Their tight interaction between deep melodic vocals, two powerful guitars, atmospheric keyboard passages and a driving basic rhythm is rare among European bands. Beyond that, Mob Rules have established an excellent reputation based on their five previous albums, which the band themselves consider to be outside the typical hard’n’heavy pigeonhole: with critical lyrics about environmental pollution, the politics of the Catholic Church in medieval times and the alarming political situation in the Middle East on their early albums, Mob Rules shine again with fascinating and witty stories.

Alongside the first single ‚Astral Hand’ (Release: October 9th, 2009), which was inspired by the well-known Michelangelo fresco ‘The Creation of Adam’ in the Vatican und already had its baptism of fire at the Wacken Rocks Seaside festival, the Bloodstock Festival in Derby, England, and the Ginetarock festival in Spain, there are a number of tracks which deserve a mention. Musically as well as in terms of its content (the song is about death camp doctor Josef Mengele and his appalling experiments on concentration camp children), the opener ‘Children Of The Flames’ with its anthemnic chorus and doom-laden guitar outro nonchalantly ventures into the realms of Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN). The two subsequent tracks ‘Trial By Fire’ and ‘Warchild’ prove how intelligently Mob Rules connect their stories with epic musical structures and contemporary guitar riffs.

The focal point of the album is the 18-minute epic ‘The Oswald File’. This number is about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and raises the question whether the alleged killer Harvey Lee Oswald (who was later shot himself) really was responsible for Kennedy’s death. With this song, Mob Rules continue their concept of memorable political moments in world history, which they started on Ethnolution A.D. (2006). “We all know that Kennedy played an important role in the reconstruction of Germany”, guitarist Matthias Mineur explains the inspiration of the track. Vocalist Klaus Dirks adds: “At the moment, this topic has gained new relevance through the new US president Barack Obama, who is celebrated as Kennedy’s quasi-heir. And as luck would have it, Obama will be coming to Berlin on a state visit four days before the release of Radical Peace.” This automatically brings to mind Kennedy’s legendary speech featuring the unforgettable words “Ich bin ein Berliner”, which were used as the intro of ‘The Oswald File’.

Not only thematically but also musically, “Radical Peace” is this band’s most uncompromising release to date. The direction of the new album is unmistakable, sounding much tougher compared to their previous offerings, without forgetting the essential features of the typical Mob Rules sound. “Even as we were writing the songs, it was clear that the new material would be more dynamic and haunting than our other releases, a fact that we allowed for during the studio production,” says vocalist Dirks. Together with sound engineer Markus Teske, who mixed and mastered the new album at his Bazement Studio in Hünstetten, Mob Rules have come up with a contemporary and dynamic album.

Radical Peace tracklisting:

Children Of The Flames'

'Trial By Fire'

'Warchild'

'Astral Hand'

'The Oswald File (Ethnolution II – A Matter Of Unnecessary Doubt)'

'Waiting For The Sun'

'The Glance Of Fame'