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Iron Savior: Piet Sielck (vocals, guitars); Joachim "Piesel" Kustner (guitars, background vocals); Yenz Leonhardt (bass guitar, background vocals); Thomas Nack (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Martin Christian (guitar).
Anyone who is seriously knowledgeable of metal's past and present can tell you that there's a brave new world in headbanger music. Today's neo-headbangers are likely to be influenced by punk, hip-hop, or industrial music; they probably grew up listening to the Notorious B.I.G., Black Flag, and Skinny Puppy, as well as Slayer and Metallica, and they might even consider a hip-hop DJ the perfect companion for downtuned guitars and chug-chug riffs. But not every metal band that was formed in the '90s or 2000s is part of this brave new world. In the power metal revival field, the past isn't just something you admire -- it's something you carefully emulate, which is exactly what Iron Savior do on Battering Ram. This 2004 release finds the German metalheads continuing to do what they've been doing since 1996; they're still partying like it's 1982. Totally oblivious to trends in post-'80s alt metal, Iron Savior stubbornly maintain their devotion to the classic power metal of the '70s and '80s. Everything on this CD sounds like it could have been recorded 20 or 25 years earlier, which is just as well, because Savior's members are undeniably good at what they do. No one will accuse Savior of being the most groundbreaking band in the world, but in terms of quality and craftsmanship, they deliver the goods -- and what they lack in originality, they more than make up for with passion and conviction. Battering Ram is unlikely to convert anyone who resisted power metal in the past; if treasures like Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast and Judas Priest's Hell Bent for Leather haven't converted you, Battering Ram probably won't do the trick either. But for die-hard believers who never gave up on power metal, Battering Ram is a pleasingly solid, if derivative and predictable, demonstration of Iron Savior's talents. ~ Alex Henderson Iron Savior Battering Ram Songs | 1. | Battering Ram |
| 2. | Stand Against the King |
| 3. | Tyranny of Steel |
| 4. | Time Will Tell |
| 5. | Wings of Deliverance |
| 6. | Break the Curse |
| 7. | Riding Free |
| 8. | Starchaser |
| 9. | Machine World |
| 10. | H.M. Powered Man |
| 11. | Call, The |
| 12. | Living on a Fault Line |
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Battering Ram Music Review Purchase Battering Ram CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Primal Fear Black Sun CD (2002)
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2002 release from one of Europe's leading 'true metal' exports. Features a guest appearance on two tracks by 'Metal' Mike Chlasciak from the band Halford. 13 tracks including 'Armageddon', 'Magic Eye' & 'Cold Day In Hell'.
Primal Fear: Ralf Scheepers (vocals); Stefan Leibing, Henry (guitar); Mat Sinner (bass); Klaus Sperling (drums).
Recorded at Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, Texas & House Of Music, Winterbach, Germany.
Personnel: Mat, Ralf (vocals); Klaus (drums).
Channeling vintage Judas Priest while adding a touch of thrash metal dynamics and layered vocals, Primal Fear comes galloping out of the metal underground once again on Black Sun. By concentrating just a little bit harder on the heaviness of the music, the band manages to deliver ...
| | Hammerfall Crimson Thunder CD (2002)
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2002 album includes one exclusive bonus track, a cover of the KISS classic 'Detroit Rock City'. Nuclear Blast.
HammerFall: Joacim Cans (vocals); Oscar Dronjak, Stefan Elmgren (guitar, background vocals); Magnus Rosen (bass); Anders Johansson (drums).
Partially recorded at Wisselord Studios, Twilight Studios, Germany.
Personnel: Joacim Cans (vocals, background vocals); Stefan Elmgren (guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard programming, background vocals); Oscar Dronjak (guitar, keyboard programming, background vocals); Patrick Benzer (strings, keyboards, keyboard programming); Jan Rubach ...
| | Brainstorm Soul Temptation CD (2003)
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Brainstorm: Andy B. Franck (vocals); Torsten "Todde" Ihlenfeld, Milan "Mille" Loncaric (guitar); Andreas Mailander (bass); Dieter Bernert (drums).
Power metal doesn't get much heavier or more aggressive than Germany's Brainstorm. ...
| | Primal Fear Devil's Ground CD (2004)
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Devil's Ground is Primal Fear's most potent and sonically aggressive release to date. Featuring Mat Sinner, Stefan Leibing, Henny Wolter, Randy Black and Ralf Scheepers. Nuclear Blast. 2004.
Primal Fear: Mat Sinner (vocals, bass); Ralf Scheepers (vocals); Stefan Leibing (guitar, keyboards); Tom Naumann (guitar); Randy Black (drums).
Primal Fear: Stefan Leibing (guitar, keyboards); Mat Sinner (bass guitar); Ralf Scheepers, Randy Black, Tom Naumann.
Personnel: Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers (vocals); Tom Naumann (guitar); Randy Black (drums).
Audio ...
| | Edguy Hellfire Club CD (2004)
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| | Primal Fear Seven Seals CD (2005)
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Primal Fear: Matz Ulmer (strings, keyboards).
Personnel: Mat Sinner (vocals); Stefan Leibing (guitar, keyboards); Matz Ulmer (strings, keyboards).
Additional personnel: Stefan Leibing.
Audio Mixer: Mike Fraser.
Recording information: House Of Music, Winterbach, Germany; The Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Can.
Love it or hate it, power metal is here to stay; and no band has done more staying than German supergroup Primal Fear, who arrive at their sixth studio release, Seven Seals (and seventh release overall, if you count 2002's Horrorscope EP -- hence the title), showing just as much conviction and, er, power, as ever before. What's more, where recent efforts had found singer Ralf Scheepers (ex-Gamma Ray, near-Rob Halford replacement) somewhat uninspired and prone to merely reminding you, again and again, ...
| | Disturbed Sickness CD (2000)
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Disturbed: David Draiman (vocals); Dan Donegan (guitar); Fuzz (bass); Mike Wengren (drums, programming).
Additional personnel: Frank De Lamora, Enrique Santiago (programming).
Recorded at Groovemaster Studios, Chicago, Illinois.
Personnel: David Draiman (vocals); Dan Donegan (guitar, electronics); Mike Wengren (drums, percussion, programming); Frank de Lamora, Enrigue Santiago (programming).
Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace.
Recording information: Groovemaster, Chicago, IL.
Photographers: P.R. Brown; Jana Leon.
Alternative metal exploded during the late '90s thanks to groundwork laid by groups like Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, and Rage Against the Machine, and as record companies scrambled to find the next Korn or Limp Bizkit, the genre became clogged with legions of similar-sounding bands, all trying to find just the right blend of low, heavy guitar riffs, rap-metal, industrial, and intense aggression. Often, those attempts could result in sounds that seemed too calculated and self-consciously cobbled together to feel natural; plus, inventive production was frequently employed to disguise many songs' lack of memorable hooks. The Sickness, the first entry by Chicago's Disturbed in the alt-metal sweepstakes, ...
| | Jose Alfredo Jimenez Corridos Y Rancheras CD (1988)
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Personnel: José Alfredo Jiménez (vocals).
| | Annihilator Carnival Diablos CD (2001)
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| | Mitsou Collection CD (2006) (Import)
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| | Condition Red CD (2000) (Import) Sweden
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| | Killswitch Engage (2000) CD (2000) Bonus Tracks; Reissue
Battering Ram
$13.05
This reissue includes four bonus tracks
A classic case of hindsight being 20/20, Killswitch Engage's eponymous debut is now viewed as a significant touchstone in the emergence of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, but it had only a limited impact upon the insular Northeastern hardcore scene when it was released through Ferret Records in 2000 (and that was mostly because its musicians had previously been involved with influential underground bands like Overcast and Aftershock). One listen is all that's required to understand why. Like many of their peers at the time, the musicians in Killswitch Engage were boldly testing the spartan limitations of hardcore songwriting -- coming out of their inherited hardcore shell, if you will -- by introducing heretical elements from heavy metal, elements which most genre purists would consider anathema. These included all manner of deathly Cookie Monster grunts and ...
| | Masterplan Aeronautics (Phantom) CD (2005) (Import) Bonus Track; Japan
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Back in 1982 and 1983, no one would have used the term "cult following" in connection with power metal. In those days, artists like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were not marginalized -- they were all over MTV and FM rock radio. But in rock's post-'80s, post-Nevermind environment, power metal flies under the radar and attracts what has long since become a cult following. That doesn't mean that power metal disappeared after the '80s; quite a few power metal revival bands have been formed in the '90s and 2000s, but you have to know where to find them. Power metal revival outfits are especially plentiful in Western Europe, home of Masterplan. Aeronautics, the band's second album, is best described as power metal with a strong progressive rock influence -- think Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Ronnie James Dio with an appreciation of Rush, ELP, and Journey. Of course, the power metal orientation isn't surprising when you consider who is in the band; Masterplan includes two-ex ...
| | Mark Binder Tall Tales, Whoppers And Lies: Live At The New England Folk Festival CD (2003)
Battering Ram
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Tall Tales, Whoppers and Lies was recorded live at the New England Folk Festival. It was originally supposed to be a bootleg recording. You remember those -- a few tracks in a cheapo sleeve sold for about $5? Well, it turned out ...
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