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1st of April Tokio Hotel - Humanoid review



1st of April Tokio Hotel - Humanoid review

Posted by: Bas
Date: 02.04.2010

7.8 | 8 votes

Ok ladies and gentlemen, boys and mostly girls (I'm assuming you're a girl if you're reading this review); the newest Tokio Hotel album - Humanoid. First of all this albums rocks incredibly hard. Of course there will always be the haters, those that think Tokio Hotel is overly tame, lame emo-rock for little girls, and in certain ways they might be right. But who cares, just look at Bill's hair! Everyone who can put his finger into an electricity socket like that gives Mayhem a run for their money (of which Tokio Hotel deservedly have more) in the badass department.

To mirror that fact, TH's newest output is infinitely heavier and more guitar-driven than its predecessors. Not only that, it's also emotionally deeper than almost all other well known high quality rock acts out there right now (even the good stuff like Nickelback). If you want a comparison, consider these German boys the Depeche Mode AND Iron Maiden of today (and of the future). A few heart-rending ballads, alternative elements and a distinct sci-fi feeling round off the incredibly original package.

Yes yes, I know what you're thinking. This band is kinda gay, and perhaps you're right. All I know is that I agreed before reviewing this album, but now that I gave it a true chance, the only thing I still agree with are the girls screaming their lungs out at the mere thought of the Kaulitz brothers and the other two (whatever their names was again, they aren't all that important anyhow). It's a kind of see it to believe it thing, but always keep this in mind girls: androgyny is fuckin' hawt.

It takes a lot of talent to create an album like this at such a young age. If you still don't believe that this band's got the juice, you should know that among various other awards, they've already won MTV Music Awards for "Best International Act" (2007), "Best New Artist", "Best Video", "Song Of The Year", "Best Ringtone" (all 2008), and even "Best Group" (2009). Now if that isn't impressive, I don't know what is.

Performance: 9
Songwriting: 10
Originality: 9
Production: 8

Rating: 9.2




Comments

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31.03.2010 - 23:36
|pyro|
April 1.st
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31.03.2010 - 23:46
gid
It's still 31st March here, so I almost thought this was for real for a second.
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31.03.2010 - 23:46
Turin Turambar
Mormegil
This is terrible joke.....
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31.03.2010 - 23:52
Rasa
Yeah, good joke, indeed. DD
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31.03.2010 - 23:57
Ag Fox
Angel No More
elite
Lol
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01.04.2010 - 00:14
Fat & Sassy!
elite
Bwahahahaha! Nice. XD I can't wait for the Nickelback reviews.
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01.04.2010 - 00:16
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
staff
I dunno, Bas is pretty open-minded. This could be legit.
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01.04.2010 - 00:17
Murder
LOL I was surprised about this xDDDD!!!!
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01.04.2010 - 00:19
farmakon
Whispering Gloom
This album sounds like "The Dark Side Of The Moon", but this one has better lyrics and every song here is pure art!
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01.04.2010 - 00:19
Fat & Sassy!
elite
Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.04.2010 at 00:16

I dunno, Bas is pretty open-minded. This could be legit.


If Jesus likes Tokio Hotel, then I need to find a new Lord and Savior. >:[
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01.04.2010 - 00:33
rpsgc
Gee... thanks for deleting my post '-.-
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01.04.2010 - 00:38
Marcus
Doit Like Bernie
I was about to leave MS for good til I realized this was just made. terrifying.
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01.04.2010 - 00:48
Raziel X
Omg for a moment I thought it is meant serious lol
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01.04.2010 - 00:54
Silent Creeper
Senile Veteran
Horrible review!!! This album deserves at least 9.89!!!
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01.04.2010 - 00:54
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
This is too straight
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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01.04.2010 - 00:55
Enissa
إyeah, its still 31 march here, so its kinda looked serious, but the review is very good (especially the last photo), now I want to listen to it...!!!
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01.04.2010 - 01:02
Introspekrieg
Totemic Lust
elite
I bet everyone's heart will flutter when they see this at the top of the reviews, I know mine did.
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01.04.2010 - 01:12
Urs Blank
I had already begun to download it when I realized it could be a1st April joke.
Still not sure though, I'll maybe give it a try
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01.04.2010 - 01:20
Doc G.
Full Grown Hoser
staff
They totally sold out with this one. Their old stuff is better.
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01.04.2010 - 01:30
I was scared hahahah honestly thought it was a serious review. i was like "IS NOTHING SACRED?!?!"

happy fooled my ass day!
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01.04.2010 - 01:54
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
staff
Their old demos were quite good indeed, really kvlt stuff. And that singer, if I didn't knew any better I'd say he was a she... XD
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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01.04.2010 - 02:23
Visioneerie
Urban Monster
I guess I'll buy this instead of the new Hour of Penance album.
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01.04.2010 - 02:55
DaftDormouse
The lead singer looks like a Polish Chicken OR a Rockhopper Penguin, I can't decide.

http://totallylookslike.com/2008/11/14/bill-kaulitz-totally-looks-like-polish-chicken/


http://totallylookslike.com/2010/01/15/bill-kaulitz-totally-looks-like-eudyptes-chrysocome/
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01.04.2010 - 03:05
Rupert
LOL I thought this was serious until I actually listened to some of the samples. Not sure how but they've surpassed their previous gayness.
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01.04.2010 - 03:28
Wyrd
JUST GOT

TOKIO HOTEL

TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to this awesome Review. THANKS METAL STORM!!!
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01.04.2010 - 05:14
Itoc
Trønder
Hahahaha, yeah almost wanted to leave MS for good X)
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01.04.2010 - 06:42
Bleak_Advent
It's reviews like this that remind me why I choose Metal Storm.
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01.04.2010 - 07:44
DahliaRock
Bill looks so feminine, I can feel my hard-on constantly hitting the table.. dammit I'm going gay for that boy-girl
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01.04.2010 - 09:40
silenius
Ive benn home vomiting for 2 days straight, to see a tokio hotel review on the first page almost killed me xD
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01.04.2010 - 11:15
Daggon
Underpaid M.D.
This is so UltraTr00NekroKvlt!!!! Tokyo Hotel>Your favorite band
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