Review Metal Maidens

Reviewed in MM#27/March 2002
By: Toine van Poorten
Rating: nine points (out of 10)

NO SISSY STUFF-
Last Poem
independent

NO SISSY STUFF hails from Germany and they play heavy thrash metal. Now that's what I call an interesting release!! Seven songs are on this debut CD, which runs for about twenty-eight minutes. Twenty-eight minutes of very fine thrash metal with a lot of variation. The music sounds a bit mysterious sometimes. Listen for example to the middle part in title track "Last Poem".
But most of the time they provide the listener a tight rhythm, fast riffing and very clear vocals, that sometimes is filled up with a growl or a grunt. So, who's responsible for these heavenly songs? Well, we have Gudrun Schlich on drums and backings and we have three sisters completing the band. Now that's something different, right? How many bands can you name that consist
of three sisters, who obviously share the love for heavy metal? We hear Katja Kesselem on guitars, Daniela Kesselem on bass guitar and Birgit Kesselem on vocals and guitars. One of the highlights here for me is "Trains" with its wonderful guitarwork at the beginning. NO SISSY STUFF has a lot of power, and that is what you would expect from a band with a name like this. I wonder how they will sound live. I bet, they will raise the roof! The CD cover is a bit mysterious, too. Maybe I'm totally wrong, but I get visions about the war, when I see the CD cover. I'd better ask these girls what they're trying to say with it, when we do an interview with them in one of our upcoming issues. Until that happens, I'll have another listen to "Last Poem", which is a great debut album of a very promisisng all-female band from Germany. One last warning: this is indeed no stuff for sissies!!

The NO SISSY STUFF homepage can be found at: 
www.nosissystuff.de and you can
email the band at: 
nosissystuff@nosissystuff.de. 
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