'Watching You' marks the third and last proper album for German Metallers 'Tyran' Pace' and they continue with the Traditional 80's Metal explored on their previous two releases. 'Ralf Scheepers's' superb 'Rob Halford' style vocals unsurprisingly rule supreme here and although musically it's all pretty unoriginal, these boy certainly know how to rock.

'Watching You' gets underway by the mid tempo rocker 'Saints of Rock', a pretty safe choice for an opening track, lyrically simplistic, good steady rhythmical plod and a strong catchy chorus, 'Ralf Scheepers' immediately impresses and overall is a good, albeit cautious start to the album. The tempo is lifted further for the more uncompromising 'Cry Out' which is very reminiscent of US Metallers 'Malice', brisk pulsating fret work, plenty of quality soaring vocals and some sweet soloing. Slightly more commercial sounding is 'Hands in the Air' which comes across like work from 'Priests' 'Turbo' album and whilst it's hardly poor, a very repetitive affair. Improvements are quickly made with the harder edged 'Criminal' a rhythm driven rocker, that highlights 'Scheepers's' sharp vocals, while the fret pairing of 'Dawor Sertic' and 'Oliver Kaufmann' again fail to disappoint. The quality continues with the more slashing 'Matter of Time', another good solid if predictable cut, that thankfully highlights a splendid catchy chorus that is superbly executed by 'Scheepers'- “matt-matt-matter of time- you'll be singing it all day. 'Accept' territory is delved into with 'Get Down', a fairly simplistic riff driven rocker, that features more of an edge thanks to another excellent punchy chorus. 'Madness' ensues in a similar fashion but overlooking the incisive guitaring is ultimately fairly run-of-the-mill, while 'Fire in Your Eyes' brings us back on track in pulsating 'Judas Priest' fashion. 'Watching You' bows out with the anthemic yet balladsy 'We are Strong', personally it's not one of my favourites, but again displays superb work from 'Ralf Scheepers'.

Ok this is far from original stuff, but it is good honest Traditional Metal and if you like 80's 'Priest', 'Malice' and 'Accept', I'm sure you will take something from this release.