One must have in mind a thing before saying that a band plays Hard Rock: what is the genre, after all? During the 70s, acts as DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, RAINBOW, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and others were called with such label. In the 80s, it wasn't hard to see acts as MÖTLEY CRÜE, POISON and others in such way being labeled as hard Rock as well. As the mass was done, one had the idea of labeling the second set named above as Glam Metal, and it worked to solve the problems. Today, Hard Rock has become modernized and inherits some traits from Heavy Metal genres, and the work of the German duet KRASHKARMA depicts such traits, as heard on "Falling to Pieces".

The work of the band is modern and aggressive as well (again, modern Hard Rock is filled with some features of modern Heavy Metal acts), but there are catchy melodies and choruses that are hard to forget once heard in all the songs (even with some snarls and aggressive screams of the male vocals), and elements of other Metal genres can be heard (as some Thrash Metal-like riffs and Modern Metal effects as heard on "Minutes of Pain"). It's a multifaceted form of music using modern Hard Rock as foundations, but it's really different and very good, full of energy and personality in a way that needs an open mind to be assimilated by the hearer. To produce such album was a hard work, indeed, and Ralf Dietel (the band's guitarist, bassist and vocalist) took this responsibility on his shoulders (and he did the, mixing, and mastering as well, and the artwork too). The sonority is abrasive, modern and aggressive, but guided by wisdom, as the songs are really understandable, so it's defined and clean as well.

The value of the duet's music on "Falling to Pieces" is clear, and it's depicted on songs as "Falling to Pieces" (the contrasts between modern aggressiveness and melodic hooks is amazing, with a charming chorus hard to resist to, and an aggressiveness that sometimes seems to be inherited of Swedish Melodic Death Metal), "15 Minutes of Pain" (a multifaceted song with elements drown of Modern Metal, Hard Rock and others, plenty of melodic hooks and with excellent shifts between male and female vocals), "Survive the Afterlife" (an oppressive song with a heavy set of rhythms created by bass guitar and drums), "Last Rites" (this one bears some traces of groove and Alternative Metal as well, with very good guitar riffs), "Voodoo Devil Drums" (some melodies and elements seems to have origin on modern Gothic Rock and Rap Metal), "Shut Up" (another song filled with a mastodonic weight and some Thrash Metal-like features), "Fireball" (that has many silky moments contrasting with abrasive and modern aggressiveness as a temper for its Industrial-like moments), and "Before the World Moved On".

Modern or not, Hard Rock or not, call "Falling to Pieces" is a fine album. And KRASHKARMA has potential to grow and reach commercial success.