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Artist: Mob Rules |
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When it comes to powerful
top grade Melodic Metal then look no further than our German cousins,
who seem to have taken this genre of Metal and turned it into their own.
One such band that have mastered the genre are Northern Germany’s
finest Mob Rules, who in 2009 released their sixth titanic opus 'Radical
Peace' on the world.
The band has taken the genre further than most and again on this album the band have pushed the envelope even further. The album is again of the highest quality metal, although the band seem to bring something rather different to the genre, whether it’s the massive sound on 'Radical Peace' or the truly titanic masterpieces on the album I'm not sure, but one thing I am sure of is that this release is sure to make waves in the whole Melodic Metal community. The album is listed as only being seven tracks long but bearing in mind one track is divided into six sub-chapters, in reality that makes the album a good twelve tracks long in my book. Opening up the bands account is ‘Children of the Flames’, which instantly reminds us just why the band have become such a metal phenomenon throughout Europe. The huge guitar sound of Matthias Minuer and Sven Luke dominate not just the opening track, but the whole album and with a mighty vocal force in Klaus Dirks the band are always onto a winner vocally. Driving the band forward are the foundation of the band Markus Brinkmann on bass along with Nikolas Fritz on drums, then completing the line-up we have Sascha Onnen on keyboards. The album increasing its intensity with the massive anthemic ‘Trail By Fire’ before continuing with my favourite off the album the very impressive ‘Warchild’. 'Astral Hand' is the first single off the album and is probably the most commercial metal song on the album, perhaps not as intense as the previous track but still metal through and through. But if your going to take this type of metal to the next level you better pick a track that will unite the genre and the next one is sure to do just that. ‘The Oswald File (Ethnolution II: A Matter Of Unnecessary Doubt)’ is a six chapter, eighteen minute long saga telling of the impact that J. F. Kennedy had on the world and what we lost that fateful day in Dallas all those years ago. This is a mammoth track and one that will sure put the name of Mob Rules on the metal masses once more. The whole track ebbs and flows like nothing I’ve heard this year, a true masterpiece and a very brave inclusion to the album, but this shows the bands willingness to go that one step further. After 'The Oswald File' the album could have easily ended there and no one would be the wiser, but no the album continues its impressive path of Melodic Metal with ‘Waiting For The Sun’ and the colossal pounding metal of the album closer ‘The Glance Of Fame’, both of which rounds off one of the mightiest metal releases of the year and one that will take the whole genre by storm.
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Tracklisting:
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Children Of The Flames |
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