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Gloryful - End Of The NightLabel: MassacreFormat: CD download Released: 2016 Reviewed By: Mark Gromen Rating: 6/ 10 |
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Third full-length for German metal outfit that's somewhere between traditional (in its best moments, think Majesty/Manowar) and third division Teutonic power metal. The speedy ‘This Means War’ kicks things off on the right note. Tongue firmly in cheek ‘(We Are) The Glorriors’ is a brothers in arms call to battle, not unlike ‘Hail To The King’, which is just missing a hail & kill chant to remind people of upstate New York. However, the acoustic, tambourine/violin accompanied title track has a folky, Celtic sea chantey feel about it. |
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Wayward appearance of keyboard flourishes on ‘For Victory’. Not sure about the wisdom of a slow to mid-paced gallop for a tune called ‘On Fire’, but the nine tracks end, much as they began, with a spirited ‘Rise Of the Sacred Star’. Their location (in the German metal hotbed) obviously helped secure a label deal, but if these guys were in North America, they'd be struggling for recognition. Nothing bad, just nothing inherently compelling to hear, either, beyond the Man-o-worship.
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