BURNING BLACK add some spice to the remainder of 2009 with this excellent Power Metal album. "MechanicHell" consists of brilliantly arranged Power Metal with the necessary melodies - without being too kitschy.

Stylistically, fast up-tempo songs such as "Hero Of The Century" or "Our Sentence" sound like a mixture of Judas Priest, Malice, Hammerfall and Brainstorm, and the catchy melody lines sail on the sharp riffs with gracious ease. This Power Metal output bristles with Metal power (sic!), emotion and energy, and turns versatile songs like the title track ("MechanicHell" - reminding you of Malice now and then), or aggressive, double bass-laden "Messengers Of Hell" into genuine, pure Metal anthems.

Vocalist Dan Ainlay is lucky to have all the assets of a pure, unaffected Metal voice - imagine his voice being a love child of Lion's Kai Swan and Malice's James Neal: just check out epic "Victims And Torturers"... Powerful "Purgatory Child" overwhelms you with a mighty dramatic riff and a classy melody, reminding you of the early days of short-lived US-Metal legends Lion.

"Secrets To Hide" is a melting pot of anthemic, "European" sounding melodies with those tight and hefty riff barrages US Power Metal is known for. With "MechanicHell", BURNING BLACK have created a gem: an exciting compromise of melody and power.

Between July and August 2007, the band records its first full length album, entitled “Prisoners Of Steel”, produced by Tony Fontò (White Skull) and Nick Savio (Hollow Haze), who is also a special guest in the album. This work represents a perfect picture of BURNING BLACK’s evolution since their birth in 2004, with great care of sounds and arrangements, but always with their typical mark: total and faithful dedication to the rules of pure Heavy Metal, from 80s NWOBHM to the modern German scene, with American and European Hard Rock influences. BURNING BLACK never took their inspiration from one particular band, but have always tried to make a synthesis of the best of “Classic” Heavy Metal of the last 30 years. The result is a strong and powerful album, whose tunes are only connected by two themes: passion for music and life on the road!