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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Kiske Somerville - City Of Heroes + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-25-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Kiske Somerville Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : City Of Heroes Label : Frontiers ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ When the first Kiske/Somerville album was ║ │
│║ released in 2010 the resonance of fans and press ║ │
│║ was great , so the question was: will there be a ║ │
│║ sequel? Everybody was hoping so. In the meantime ║ │
│║ there was lots of talking. Michael Kiske and ║ │
│║ producer Mat Sinner told me already in 2013 a ║ │
│║ new Kiske/Somerville record is on the way and it ║ │
│║ will be great. But then another two years went ║ │
│║ by and now "City Of Heroes" will finally hit the ║ │
│║ stores on April 17th. Can this album keep up to ║ │
│║ its high expectations? ║ │
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│║ Five years is a very long time and much can ║ │
│║ change in such a period of time, especially when ║ │
│║ some other musical directions are more popular ║ │
│║ then five years ago. Luckily not much has ║ │
│║ changed in the Kiske/Somerville camp. True to ║ │
│║ the motto: never change a winning team. On "City ║ │
│║ Of Heroes" you won't find any experiments. Mat ║ │
│║ Sinner produced already the first record and so ║ │
│║ he did on "City Of Heroes". Of course he is also ║ │
│║ part of the band. Most of you will be excited to ║ │
│║ hear that Magnus Karlsson is also back - and I ║ │
│║ can tell you one thing: he delivers once more! ║ │
│║ Everybody who missed Magnus on the latest ║ │
│║ Allen/Lande record will be pleased with his ║ │
│║ appearance on the new Kiske/Somerville because ║ │
│║ his songwriting skills are written all over it ║ │
│║ and his guitarwork is excellent - as always! ║ │
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│║ Mat Sinner and Magnus Karlsson wrote most of the ║ │
│║ tracks and it is again a symbiosis between ║ │
│║ Melodic Metal with some symphonic elements, some ║ │
│║ Hard Rock here and there and a certain kind of ║ │
│║ Pop influence - especially in the choruses. This ║ │
│║ time around the songmaterial is more catchy and ║ │
│║ more energetic at the same time. It isn't about ║ │
│║ being heavy as hell, the focus lies on the two ║ │
│║ singers and their vocal harmonies. They simply ║ │
│║ sound perfect together. Amanda has an ║ │
│║ outstanding recognizable and warm voice and she ║ │
│║ is always present on this album. I think I don't ║ │
│║ need to say that much about Michael Kiske, ║ │
│║ because everybody knows what his vocal cords are ║ │
│║ capable of, although I have to admit that it ║ │
│║ feels like Amanda is a bit more on focus this ║ │
│║ time - you notice this especially when the ║ │
│║ choruses kick in. It's just my subjective ║ │
│║ feeling. ║ │
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│║ Like I said the record is full of catchy tunes ║ │
│║ and some of them are true Melodic Metal jewels. ║ │
│║ Let me point out some highlights: it all starts ║ │
│║ with the fantastic title track "City Of Heroes" ║ │
│║ that pairs all the strengths of this ambitious ║ │
│║ project. It's melodic and it rocks! The next ║ │
│║ highlight follows with "Walk On Water" - this is ║ │
│║ another earworm I can't get out of my head. With ║ │
│║ "Rising Up" it gets a little more heavy - a very ║ │
│║ 80's influenced Hard Rocker. "Salvation" shows a ║ │
│║ more atmospheric side and is another winner. ║ │
│║ "Lights Out" is one hell of a track where you ║ │
│║ definitely can hear Magnus Karlssons influence ║ │
│║ very clearly. This one could have been part of ║ │
│║ the first Allen/Lande album - perfect! Another ║ │
│║ absoluetely killer track (and my personal ║ │
│║ favorite of this album) follows with "Open Your ║ │
│║ Eyes". This tune has the word "HIT" written all ║ │
│║ over it. The amazing guitarlines of Karlsson and ║ │
│║ the infectious chorus make this track to one of ║ │
│║ the best songs I've heard this year so far. It's ║ │
│║ hard to beat this tune, but "Run With A Dream" ║ │
│║ is very close to it. This is another Rocker that ║ │
│║ is catchy as hell and makes you sing along for ║ │
│║ days. ║ │
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│║ You see there are so many highlights united on ║ │
│║ one album and also the rest of the songs is far ║ │
│║ away from being bad. I can't see any filler ║ │
│║ here. Only some of the lyrics are a bit too ║ │
│║ cheesy, but this is nagging on a very high ║ │
│║ level.s ║ │
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│║ Productionwise everything sounds fantastic and ║ │
│║ this is no wonder because Mat Sinner did the ║ │
│║ production and famous producer Jacob Hansen ║ │
│║ (Vollbeat, Pretty Maids, Primal Fear) took care ║ │
│║ of the mix. Keyboards are a bit more present ║ │
│║ this time, but the keys go perfectly hand-in- ║ │
│║ hand with the loud guitars and the tight rhythm ║ │
│║ section. That all is packed in a crisp ║ │
│║ production and you have one hell of an album. ║ │
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│║ Finally I just can say that all musicians who ║ │
│║ were involved in the Kiske/Somerville project ║ │
│║ have outdone themselves. I'm always sceptical ║ │
│║ when it comes to such projects, because there ║ │
│║ are simply too many on the market and most of ║ │
│║ them are just soulless cash machines, just good ║ │
│║ for making money. Not so with "City Of Heroes" - ║ │
│║ it is a passionate, catchy and rockin' record ║ │
│║ from start to finish and combines excellent ║ │
│║ songwriting with a top-notch production and ║ │
│║ vocals to die for. "City Of Heroes" is a hundred ║ │
│║ percent increase to the debut album and I can ║ │
│║ just say: it was worth the wait! Hopefully we ║ │
│║ don't have to wait another five years for a ║ │
│║ third effort. ║ │
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│║ Amanda Somerville - Vocals ║ │
│║ Michael Kiske - Vocals ║ │
│║ Mat Sinner - Bass, Vocals (Backing) ║ │
│║ Magnus Karlsson - Guitars, Keyboards ║ │
│║ Veronika LukeÜovß - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - City Of Heroes [04:02] │
│ 02 - Walk On Water [04:17] │
│ 03 - Rising Up [04:44] │
│ 04 - Salvation [06:00] │
│ 05 - Lights Out [04:50] │
│ 06 - Breaking Neptune [04:09] │
│ 07 - Ocean Of Tears [04:29] │
│ 08 - Open Your Eyes [04:17] │
│ 09 - Last Goodbye [03:47] │
│ 10 - After The Night Is Over [04:58] │
│ 11 - Run With An Dream [04:40] │
│ 12 - Right Now [05:19] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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