Midnight Prey to release sophomore album »Jenseitsritt« on September 25th via Dying Victims Productions; first single streaming now!
Hamburg, Germany based hard rock/heavy metal band Midnight Prey is gearing up to release their sophomore album, entitled »Jenseitsritt«, which will see the light on September 25th, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions.
Listen to the first single »Torn Into Pieces« below!
Tracklist:
01. Grimoire
02. Torn Into Pieces
03. Witch King
04. Kaspar Hauser
05. Unknown Trails
06. Starlit Nebulas
07. Jenseitsritt
Courtesy of Dying Victims Productions:
Dying Victims Productions is proud to present Midnight Prey’s highly anticipated second album, »Jenseitsritt«, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
It’s been a not-very-long but very strange trip for Germany’s Midnight Prey. Formed in 2012 in the Black Forest but eventually moving to Hamburg in 2015, the power-trio toiled away for their first decade until the release of 2019’s »Uncertain Times«. Indeed aptly titled, Midnight Prey’s debut album became something of a modern classic with its never-belabored, effortlessly cool mix of ‘70s hard rock, ‘80s traditional metal, and classic punk and speed metal. Then, in that cursed year of 2020, the band called it quits… for a couple years. Thankfully, when they returned in 2023, with the »Black Cat / Sword And Shield« EP (reprised on the »Gathered Under Open Skies« split with fellow Teutonic labelmates Firmament), all was good: Midnight Prey had not lost one step, and were more poignant than ever.
And that poignancy perhaps reaches its apotheosis with their long-awaited second album, »Jenseitsritt«. Here, Midnight Prey don’t sound all that removed from their past – a clean-yet-dirty surge that’s equal parts punk, rock, and metal – but it’s all the little details that then add up to the overarching work that make »Jenseitsritt« such a unique and incredibly engaging listen. That (uniquely) kinda-clean tone the trio use is somehow more ethereal and heartstrings-pulling here, each strum and note-bend ringing resoundingly straight into the listener’s soul. And yet, Midnight Prey rhythmically sound more restless across the seven-song / 37-minute album, their raw energy bubbling over into feral, unfiltered passion; »Jenseitsritt« is an album you quite literally feel. Maybe it’s an increasingly accurate reflection of their wild, sweat-soaked live show, or maybe it’s all those years spent away from the full-length front, but the electricity coursing through them carries a potent amount of urgency, and their melodies bend and break and rebuild in suitably breathless fashion. And yet… »Jenseitsritt« almost feels… relaxing in its poetic flow. One of the most unassumingly unique bands around have gotten even better: Midnight Prey return with impossible splendor and unbridled fervor!
Midnight Prey – »Jenseitsritt« LP/CD (DVP 403):
● Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
● Special edition on marbled vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
● CD edition with sticker and obi.
Out September 25th, 2026.
Pre-order now HERE.
Midnight Prey is:
Winston Ziller – Guitars, Vocals
Daniel Friesen – Bass
Hannes Ruhland – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well