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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-10-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2005 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.hammerfall.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : HammerFall Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, UnLabel : Avalon ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ From the beginning until the very end, this ║ │
│║ studio album has to offer so many excellent ║ │
│║ songs. What band members did here is just pure ║ │
│║ perfect classic heavy/power metal release, ║ │
│║ without any kinds of commercial approach, or to ║ │
│║ make things easier-to-listen-to for people who ║ │
│║ are not metalheads. This is one in a row of ║ │
│║ excellent HammerFall's studio albums. It's not ║ │
│║ what people say, they didn't change their style ║ │
│║ nor sound with this studio album, they just made ║ │
│║ more slower songs. This is another regular ║ │
│║ studio album, and it has excellent balance of ║ │
│║ bombastic, head-crushing, mind-blowing, heavy ║ │
│║ and fast songs, and killer, heavy, powerful ║ │
│║ songs as well. This insane balance of fast, and ║ │
│║ slower songs including powerful ballads and ║ │
│║ amazing acoustic song Imperial is what makes ║ │
│║ this amazing piece of heavy art. Band members ║ │
│║ gave their maximum here. ║ │
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│║ Oscar in collaboration with Stefan made blazing, ║ │
│║ classic riffs which give special 80's vibe, just ║ │
│║ with touch of modern and perfect production. ║ │
│║ Pure example are the songs: Fury Of The Wild and ║ │
│║ Take The Black. Riffs from other songs don't ║ │
│║ have the same 80's feel, but just listen to ║ │
│║ bombastic opener Secrets, a bit slower Blood ║ │
│║ Bound, Hammer Of Justice, power ballad Never, ║ │
│║ Ever, extremely heavy Born To Rule, The Templar ║ │
│║ Flame and the only progressive, and very complex ║ │
│║ song Knights Of The 21st Century. But without ║ │
│║ strong and melodic lead guitar work these songs ║ │
│║ would not be complete. Each song is filled with ║ │
│║ addicting melodic leads, which made songs so ║ │
│║ perfect. So, the only riff-less song is ║ │
│║ Imperial, which is short acoustic instrumental. ║ │
│║ It will take you to back to the middle ages, and ║ │
│║ give you a tavern-like feel because of its ║ │
│║ composition. It feels like a bard is playing, ║ │
│║ and entertaining the drunk people. This time it ║ │
│║ goes vice-versa: Stefan in collaboration with ║ │
│║ Oscar made so many orgasmic, creative, tasty, ║ │
│║ unique and technical guitar solos. ║ │
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│║ You have really fast and very technical in ║ │
│║ Secrets where both of them show amazing skills, ║ │
│║ orgasmic and sexy solo in Blood Bound, shredding ║ │
│║ with passionate parts in Fury Of The Wild, one ║ │
│║ of the best composed solos ever in Hammer Of ║ │
│║ Justice. Just listen to that tapping, that ║ │
│║ creativity, that talent. Never, Ever has ║ │
│║ powerful, calm and very passionate solo, which ║ │
│║ fits in really well, and expresses feeling of ║ │
│║ that song even more. Born To Rule solo is in the ║ │
│║ same level as Hammer Of Justice. I mean come on, ║ │
│║ this is just raping of other bands who attempt ║ │
│║ to do something great. It is truly one of the ║ │
│║ best guitar solos ever. Stefan is really ║ │
│║ overlooked and underrated guitarist. He deserves ║ │
│║ much, much more credit. The Templar Flame has ║ │
│║ memorable and elegant solo, not technical nor ║ │
│║ fast at all, but that doesn't make it sound bad. ║ │
│║ It's just different than other solos from this ║ │
│║ studio album. Take The Black has insane, tasty ║ │
│║ and memorable solo, to melt your face before ║ │
│║ those blazing riffs and after them. Knights Of ║ │
│║ The 21st Century has excellent guitar solo too, ║ │
│║ mix of slower melodic, with killer fast licks. ║ │
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│║ Knights Of The 21st Century is the longest song ║ │
│║ HammerFall ever did. However that doesn't mean ║ │
│║ that this band has commercial approach. Songs ║ │
│║ they make are excellent, length doesn't matter ║ │
│║ here. Cronos from the band Venom was the guest ║ │
│║ vocalist here. He did intro shouts, and had some ║ │
│║ spoken parts in the song. I don't understand why ║ │
│║ after 10 minutes of this song comes silence ║ │
│║ winch lasts 2 minutes, and at the end Cronos ║ │
│║ starts to shout again, but much shorter than he ║ │
│║ did in the beginning. That was not cool. This is ║ │
│║ one of the most underrated and overlooked ║ │
│║ HammerFall's songs, maybe just like the entire ║ │
│║ album. What I really like about this song is ║ │
│║ that slow tempo done with amazing Joacim's ║ │
│║ vocals, cool lyrics, powerful and heavy riffs, ║ │
│║ and guitar harmonies. In the middle of the song ║ │
│║ comes the break, and everything becomes faster ║ │
│║ and mind-blowing. I wish they had more songs ║ │
│║ like this one. ║ │
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│║ Not just Oscar and Stefan did excellent job ║ │
│║ here. Ok, Oscar is the mastermind, without him ║ │
│║ nothing would be the same, and Stefan is very ║ │
│║ dominant band member, but without Joacim and ║ │
│║ Anders things could have been much different. ║ │
│║ Joacim gave these songs a special flavor, and ║ │
│║ each song is even better because of his clean, ║ │
│║ high and manly vocals. Anders beat the fuck out ║ │
│║ of his drums, and gave special and pleasant feel ║ │
│║ in these songs. The only band member who dwells ║ │
│║ in the shades of these amazing band members is ║ │
│║ their bass guitar player Magnus. ║ │
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│║ Good sides of this release: ║ │
│║ This album is full of heavy, blazing, creative ║ │
│║ and unique riffs, followed by orgasmic and ║ │
│║ incredible lead guitar work. Each song has ║ │
│║ perfect tempo and ambient, perfect guitar solos ║ │
│║ and vocals fit in well in every song. Lyrics are ║ │
│║ not about dragons and knights like the hate-boys ║ │
│║ like to say. Lyrics are mainly about band's ║ │
│║ attitude, like Secrets, Blood Bound, Hammer Of ║ │
│║ Justice and Born To Rule. Also strong emotional ║ │
│║ lyrics can be found in the song Never, Ever. The ║ │
│║ rest of them are not that serious, but they were ║ │
│║ written to fit well while singing them out loud. ║ │
│║ Once again HammerFall proved that they are ║ │
│║ masters of heavy metal music, and their ║ │
│║ direction which is classic heavy/power metal. ║ │
│║ This release is a must-have for every metalhead. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Secrets [06:06] │
│ 02 - Blood Bound [03:49] │
│ 03 - Fury Of The Wild [04:45] │
│ 04 - Hammer Of Justice [04:38] │
│ 05 - Never, Ever [04:06] │
│ 06 - Born To Rule [04:09] │
│ 07 - The Templar Flame [03:41] │
│ 08 - Imperial [02:30] │
│ 09 - Take The Black [04:47] │
│ 10 - Knights Of The 21st Century [12:21] │
│ 11 - Blood Bound (Instrumental) (Bonus Track) [03:51] │
│ 12 - The Metal Age (Live) (Bonus Track) [05:37] │
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│ Total Length : [60:20 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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