For those unaware, with their fifth studio album, “MAN OR GOD”, Michael Schinkel’s ETERNAL FLAME deliver a powerful statement balancing myth, identity, and inner conflict. The album marks a significant step forward in the band’s evolution, combining classic hard rock with modern melodic metal and an epic atmosphere.

At the heart of the album lies the question: What defines humanity — and where does the divine begin? This theme is reflected not only in the music, but also in the striking artwork, symbolizing decay, transformation, and inner turmoil.

Led by guitarist and songwriter Michael Schinkel, ETERNAL FLAME present themselves stronger and more focused than ever before. With Mark Boals (former vocalist of Yngwie Malmsteen, Dokken, Royal Hunt), the band secured an internationally renowned vocalist whose distinctive voice adds extraordinary intensity to the album.

The current line-up is completed by Helmut Kohlpaintner (songwriter and keyboards), Fabian Pleiner (bass), and Tommy Wagner (drums). Together, the band creates a multi-layered sound shaped by strong melodies, dynamic arrangements, and a clear musical vision.

“MAN OR GOD” stands for contrasts: heaviness meets melody, humanity meets transcendence, past meets present. The album is more than just a collection of songs — it is a statement about identity, transformation, and the search for meaning.

1. Run
2. Lord of Flies
3. So Strong So Wrong
4. Lost And Alone
5. Right Back To You
6. There Was A Time
7. Bleeding Colors
8. Man or God
9. Into Eternity
10. No Return
11. In Trance

With Schinkel having achieved his first musical successes with the band Firefox in 1986, 40 years later he and ETERNAL FLAME now open their new recording on the pulsating Run and the engaging goth metal storytelling within Lord of Flies and then we are brought forth the melodious rocker So Strong So Wrong, the anthemic balladry of Lost And Alone and the powerhaus cut Right Back To You.

Along next is the resplendent AOR of There Was A Time and the harmonically sonorous Bleeding Colors and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the booming brilliance of Man or God, an affecting magnitude of guitars and depth that drives Into Eternity, the new set rounding out on the pop-rocker No Return, coming to a close on the soaringly hypnotic In Trance.

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