MAD M - Tradition Bites

MAD M is another German SynthPoP band that tries to reach the SynthPoP-Audience with 90s SynthPoP that got influenced by Depeche Mode. The album starts with an instrumental track followed by the song "Try It Again" which I also found on the Sampler "World Of SynthPoP III". "Try It Again" does not sound reasoned and the singing cannot convince. But from track to track the songs sound more and more improved, also the singing.

On the whole the album represents ordinary proper German SynthPoP .

MONOLITHIC - Power Undiminished

Power Undiminished is Mike Babbitt's 2nd album after he has released Lifeline together with Adam Sorensen under the band name "Paradigm" in 1996.The Album starts with the song "Arms" that you also can find as a remix version on "Mix Rinse And Spin Volume 2". The next track and my favorite is "The Sound Of Tears" which is a romantic song with additional female singing. 
Mike Babbitt sometimes combine calm singing with fast drum-sets. For my taste this combination does not work fine as the songs sound fidgety and the singing is drowned out by the music. On the whole the album includes 3-4 good songs ("The Sound Of Tears", "Window Of Faith", "Unchain", "Redemption"). For the rest I did not find any use.