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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Hammer King - Kingdom Of The Hammer King + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-11-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.hammer-king.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Hammer King Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Kingdom Of The Hammer King Label : Cruz del Sur ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ The French band HAMMER KING's debut album is a ║ │
│║ very promising work indeed: A form of hybrid of ║ │
│║ SWOBHM with the medieval-warriors-singing- ║ │
│║ along-in-some-tavern vibe of Viking Metal; "In ║ │
│║ the Kingdom of the Hammer King" has all the ║ │
│║ goodies you can expect from a record of both ║ │
│║ genres. ║ │
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│║ The album starts with a blast, but carries on to ║ │
│║ show a dynamic range of slower and melodic ║ │
│║ numbers, while still being driving and very much ║ │
│║ the hard punching and kicking metal you'd expect ║ │
│║ from looking at their cover and press photos. ║ │
│║ Lyrical themes, also unsurprisingly, are mostly ║ │
│║ valor and heroism, and in listening you'll ║ │
│║ probably feel that vibe echoing through you ║ │
│║ conjuring its images in your mind û the true ║ │
│║ sign of good music, to me. ║ │
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│║ Amidst the entire album I must point out two ║ │
│║ songs which are very obviously, to me, the best ║ │
│║ in the record: "Chancellor of Glory" sports an ║ │
│║ interesting bass part (quite reminiscent of ║ │
│║ SAXON's legendary "Crusader") gives way to tasty ║ │
│║ guitar riffage and great vocals, making it a ║ │
│║ classic metal-military-march. "II) I Am The ║ │
│║ Hammer King" is the epitome of the genre to me. ║ │
│║ Driving and catchy, the kind you find yourself ║ │
│║ moshing with the walls in your room to while ║ │
│║ screaming the lyrics at the top of your lungs. ║ │
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│║ The rhythm section is very tight, and powerful ║ │
│║ but tasteful, never overdoing their parts. The ║ │
│║ vocals are spot-on, both with the vocalist ║ │
│║ himself who seems comfortable with any kind of ║ │
│║ vocal style and trick he utilizes and with the ║ │
│║ entire band singing together as a chorus. The ║ │
│║ guitar solos are great û not very technical or ║ │
│║ mechanical, which to me means better solos all ║ │
│║ around. ║ │
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│║ So let's recap: Powerful guitar riffs to bang ║ │
│║ your head to? Check. Driving drum grooves? ║ │
│║ Check. Guitar solos alternately shreddy and ║ │
│║ slow-emotional-y? Check. Great sing-along ║ │
│║ choruses? Check! While the album is really fun ║ │
│║ to listen to, I find it a bit too musically ║ │
│║ obvious û sometimes too repetitive, and there ║ │
│║ were only a few musical moves that really ║ │
│║ surprised. Maybe I'll have those in future ║ │
│║ releases from those guys û until then I have a ║ │
│║ new favourite jogging album. ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ Titan Fox: vocals/guitars ║ │
│║ Gino Wilde: guitars ║ │
│║ K.K. Basement: bass ║ │
│║ Dolph A. Macallan: drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - i - kingdom of the hammer king [05:32] │
│ 02 - i am the king [03:36] │
│ 03 - aderlass; the blood of sacrifice [03:49] │
│ 04 - chancellor of glory [05:44] │
│ 05 - ii - i am the hammer king [04:52] │
│ 06 - blood angels [03:26] │
│ 07 - visions of the healed world [04:32] │
│ 08 - figure in the black [04:48] │
│ 09 - we are the hammer [04:22] │
│ 10 - iii - glory to the hammer king [07:17] │
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│ Total Length : [47:58 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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