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░ ██ ██ Artist: Iron Woods ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Death Hail And Glory! █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-01-13 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Mutilation Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD EP ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Brazilian epic pagan black metal band Iron Woods █
█ from Sπo Paulo is back after many years of █
█ silence. The idea for the band was conceived in █
█ 2001 by Holykran and took flesh in 2002 when █
█ Guerriera Nox (drums) and Hammer (bass) joined █
█ him. As a trio the band released its debut █
█ full-length album ôAncient Faithö in 2004 and its █
█ second work ôThe Journey to the Paganismö in 2008, █
█ both self released. Now, 5 years later, they █
█ return as a duo (Hammer left the band) and they █
█ released two works in the end of 2013! The █
█ full-length album ôIron Woodsö and the 3-track EP █
█ ôDeath Hail and Glory!ô, both out via the █
█ Brazilian label Mutilation Productions. █
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█ Iron Woods havenÆt changed their style, but they █
█ have improved a lot their sound. Everything is █
█ more natural now, especially the metal █
█ orchestrations. Their music is a combination of █
█ epic metal with pagan black metal, influenced by █
█ the best bands of the genre. Rhythmic battle █
█ guitar riffs, accompanied by epic melodic synths, █
█ acoustic guitars, flutes and a great canvas of █
█ wonderful vocals, ranging from pagan black metal █
█ screams to epic clean male vocals, few guest █
█ female vocals, many choral refrains and background █
█ choirs. ôIron Woodsö includes 2 instrumental █
█ tracks (intro and outro) plus 6 long epic songs, █
█ with a total album duration a little over 56 █
█ minutes. The compositions are all very beautiful, █
█ with interesting structures and many amazing █
█ melodies, especially as the album evolves. The █
█ mood of the songs changes from epic Viking █
█ oriented metal to more ancient pagan archaic █
█ atmospheres. Tranquil acoustic passages, nature █
█ sounds and soundtrack-like interludes make the █
█ whole result even more interesting. In the second █
█ track ôIron Woodsö there is also an adaptation of █
█ Basil Poledouris classic ôAnvil of Cromö from █
█ ôConan the Barbarianö movie theme! My favorite █
█ track is the pagan metal masterpiece ôPagan █
█ Childô, whose intro is taken from the movie ôThe █
█ Secret Gardenô. Lyrics of the band speak about █
█ pagan, epic, Viking and nature themes, all written █
█ in English. █
█ The return of Iron Woods after all these years is █
█ a great present for their fans, especially since █
█ they released two works. ôIron Woodsö and ôDeath █
█ Hail and Glory!ö are also the first albums of the █
█ band released under a label, so they will get a █
█ much better distribution. If you are into epic █
█ pagan metal, you better give them a listen. ôIron █
█ Woodsö is released by Mutilation Productions in a █
█ beautiful digipak CD with a 12-page booklet, █
█ including all the lyrics. It is also released via █
█ Hammerbolt Productions for Europe in a 6-panel █
█ digipak edition, limited to 300 copies. █
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░ 1. The Return of the Gods 5:44 ░
░ 2. Sound of War 6:01 ░
░ 3. Death, Hail and Glory! 7:34 ░
░ 19:19 ░
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