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░ ██ ██ Artist: Claim the Throne ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Forged in Flame █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-08-23 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Prime Cuts Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Formed 2005 in Perth Australia, Claim The Throne █
█ have built a reputation for outrageous live █
█ performances and a unique style of metal, █
█ releasing Triumph and Beyond in 2010, Forged In █
█ Flame is the Third full length studio album █
█ containing a very impressive 14 tracks that will █
█ have you moshing, dancing and Jigging. █
█ Every now and then when the Planets have lined and █
█ the Moon is in the correct cycle phase, a band █
█ will produce something very special that will █
█ stand the test of time, and Claim The Throne have █
█ just that with Forged In Flame. For the first time █
█ since I can remember I decided to do some █
█ background work on the band before playing the █
█ album. But I need not have bothered because all █
█ the write ups on the group were very positive and █
█ not a bad review on them could be found. Forged In █
█ Flame has everything for the classic folk feel █
█ through to the thunderous spine snapping death █
█ metal and it mixes very well, to be truthful here █
█ the mix of the two genres works better than any █
█ other genre combined. This is one album I would █
█ highly recommend you listen to through Headphones █
█ in a darkened room. The music takes you away to a █
█ very scarred place, and has the ability to spin █
█ you through time and space on what you can class █
█ as a epic mind journey. Even the album cover has █
█ so much happening and speaks a thousand words and █
█ gives you the epic story of the Phoenix rising █
█ from the ashes to fight the war of defeat. █
█ The Intro into Track1 Ravagelands starts the █
█ journey, as the thunder RoarÆs in the distance it █
█ is joined by the Violin (a nice opening and █
█ something that I was not expecting), and as the █
█ keyboards start the rhythm and the song starts █
█ opens the road of your very mind. This track has a █
█ great mix of Musical talent and what can be best █
█ described as the pure gravel vocals you would █
█ expect from a death metal band, But you are in the █
█ state of confusion, because you are unsure is you █
█ should be Moshing out or just throwing the hornÆs █
█ (and that is not a bad thing). As the song █
█ progresses your senses really take a battering █
█ from all sides, (But your eyes also keep looking █
█ at the Album cover, and you are thinking is this █
█ from the same band) █
█ Claim the Throne have been able not to just █
█ combine Death and Folk but also Pirate, Old school █
█ rock and classical all into the same pot. As █
█ Ravagelands ends is goes straight into The World █
█ Growls Dull then from there into tack 3-4-5-6 etc, █
█ and it soon becomes very clear this is no normal █
█ album, but a very skilfully constructed master █
█ peace that tells a story that needs no breaks █
█ A grand Destruction (Track 3) has the very classic █
█ Death metal feel, a track of sheer growling power █
█ that will awaken you from any sleep, but you █
█ really need to listen to everything that is going █
█ on here (I strongly recommend headphones) so much █
█ is happening in the mix, but everything works from █
█ the pure aggressive vocals to the fast shredding █
█ and thunderous drums, but midway through the track █
█ everything changes and it is not a nasty change █
█ either. █
█ Each track has been given a title that really █
█ stands out from the crowd, example; Darkened Seas █
█ Collide, Essence of A Scorched Realm, █
█ Incursion...each one of the titles have been █
█ thought about and like the music so much has been █
█ placed on the final production In The Mist █
█ (Track5)...was a shock to me this is pure folk and █
█ so relaxing the acoustic guitars echo through the █
█ room, before the spine tingling drums thunder █
█ through, and this mix continues smashing you from █
█ side to side. These guys really need to tour █
█ Europe and the UK; they would take the countries █
█ by storm █
█ Incursion (Track 8) has a very Pirate metal feel █
█ in the intro and makes you want to just jigàthis █
█ single track would have the beer following and █
█ people dancing on tables. █
█ The production and final mix that has gone into █
█ this album is just outstanding, and has been taken █
█ to a whole new level and is something that the █
█ guys should be very proud of achieving █
█ At the Oceans Edge (Track 9) opens with the sound █
█ of waves gently crashing against the shore and the █
█ peaceful intro continues through the songs as the █
█ acoustic guitars gently strum through the track. A █
█ great relaxing track that allows you to try and █
█ sum up the album so far... █
█ Gloryfeast (Track 11) opens up very fast and will █
█ make sure that if you have a beer in your hand █
█ that you have it held tight, because you donÆt █
█ want to spill a drop, again nothing but sheer █
█ talent runs through this track and by now your are █
█ getting tired from the dancing and moshing but you █
█ donÆt want it to end. █
█ Chronicle (Track 14) and the final track of the █
█ album will take you by surprise (and in a nice █
█ way), I was not expecting the style of the song to █
█ appear, but then I should know better, as each █
█ track of the album has been a complete ride. █
█ But Chronicle showed how talented the band are and █
█ that they can turn any instrument and make it work █
█ within the genre, and I think you will agree this █
█ track is just so peaceful that you will end up █
█ asleep and exhausted. █
█ Forged In Flame has been the single most difficult █
█ album that I have had the honour to review to █
█ date, it has bashed me from all angles, my music █
█ sense have not known which why to turn, but I can █
█ say this Claim the Throne tick every single box █
█ and their music will appeal to all in the Metal █
█ genre. █
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░ 1. Ravagelands 3:07 ░
░ 2. The World Grows Dull 5:53 ░
░ 3. A Grand Destruction 5:10 ░
░ 4. Zephyrus 5:23 ░
░ 5. In the Mist 0:50 ░
░ 6. Forged in Flame 5:57 ░
░ 7. Serpent and the Star 5:37 ░
░ 8. Incursion 3:33 ░
░ 9. At the Ocean's Edge 4:24 ░
░ 10. Essence of a Scorched Realm 4:51 ░
░ 11. Gloryfeast 2:42 ░
░ 12. Darkened Seas Collide 6:02 ░
░ 13. In Blood Be Sworn 11:24 ░
░ 14. Chronicle 3:47 ░
░ 68:40 ░
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