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Old 07-14-2012, 09:45 AM   #331 (permalink)
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You should buy it just for the cover.

It looks like they ran out of time to typeset the title.
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Old 07-14-2012, 09:45 AM   #332 (permalink)
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That is a classic!
I honestly do like that cover. Even aside from the slutty witch, it's pretty fun, and the colors are just shiny.
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Old 07-14-2012, 09:49 AM   #333 (permalink)
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I honestly do like that cover. Even aside from the slutty witch, it's pretty fun, and the colors are just shiny.
Its a great cover, as Helloween once again show us that they never took things too seriously.
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Old 07-15-2012, 09:30 AM   #334 (permalink)
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They've been mentioned on here a few times now but this is the first album I've put up by Rhapsody of Fire. Now before they were called Rhapsody of Fire, they were just called Rhapsody but for legal reasons they had to change their name. Before the emergence of Rhapsody of Fire, the Italian metal scene had hardly seen any recognized metal artists and early 1980s metal band Vanadium were about as good as it got. Rhapsody of Fire from the word go were determined to put out their own style of power metal. The early stuff was heavily laden with a medieval folklore sound with a heavy Italian slant and feel, and at times they sounded almost like a power metal movie soundtrack band. The first album found them finding their feet, but its on their second album Symphony of Enchanted Lands that they laid their credentials down as a European metal outfit to watch. The album at times reminds me of a much lighter Nightfall in Middle Earth due to its epic feel and spoken parts, which also came out in 1998.

Rhapsody of Fire Symphony of Enchanted Lands 1998
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Old 07-15-2012, 09:39 AM   #335 (permalink)
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Rhapsody - Emerald Sword - YouTube


Rhapsody - Wings of Destiny - YouTube
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Old 07-20-2012, 05:23 PM   #336 (permalink)
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Hell man, do I love Primal Fear! Their first album pretty much sucked as it sounded like an uninspired Judas Priest rip-off, but these German power metallers got their act together on their second album and boy does it kick butt. They've taken their Priest and Maiden influences much like HammerFall and made them their own. The album is full of riffs to die for and the gruff vocals of Ralf Scheepers (ex Gamma Ray) are killer deliveries. But what makes this album so special is its feel, here is a German power metal band that instead of sounding like their German contemporaries, have actually adopted the more muscle-bound American power metal sound of the 80s and 90s and infused it with elements of speed and thrash. This is an essentail power metal release readers, avoid it your musical peril.

Primal Fear Jaws of Death 1999
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There are so many stand out tracks and here are three.


Primal Fear- Final Embrace - YouTube

Primal Fear - Church of Blood - YouTube

Primal Fear - Hatred In My Soul - YouTube
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Old 08-20-2012, 03:41 PM   #338 (permalink)
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One of the principal purveyors of the European power metal scene were Helloween and the albums Keeper of the Seven Keys. Since the glory days of those albums back in the 1980s, the band had been in serious decline and had only managed to put out the decent Master of the Rings album in 1994, whilst the rest of their releases post seven keys had consisted of either very average albums to comnplete rotten tomatoes. Better Than Raw was a major return to form as here was a veteran band that finally found the creativity and consistency to really put out a great album again and re-establish themselves. Forget the cheesy cover (Helloween dug the cheese more than anybody else) becuase the songs are first rate, the singing and the riffs equally.

Helloween Better Than Raw 1998
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Old 08-20-2012, 03:48 PM   #339 (permalink)
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just so many good songs to choose from and here are two of them.


Helloween Hey lord! /Better than raw - YouTube


Helloween-Time.wmv - YouTube
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Old 08-21-2012, 12:56 PM   #340 (permalink)
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I'm more a "Seven seals" man myself, US. What do you think about their new album?

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