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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-27-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2016 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Hammerschmitt Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Still On Fire Label : Massacre ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ With a band name such as Hammerschmitt, I'll ║ │
│║ give you one guess to their country of origin. ║ │
│║ Yeah. Germany. Hammerschmitt has been plugging ║ │
│║ away at their craft, melodic hard rock and heavy ║ │
│║ metal, for nearly 20 years. Until now, all ║ │
│║ albums were recorded in German, with some ║ │
│║ success and some frustration. Their music wasn't ║ │
│║ connecting with the larger melodic metal ║ │
│║ audience. So the band had the bright idea to ║ │
│║ regroup and then rebound. They released two five ║ │
│║ song EP's in English, Born To Rock, Vol. 1 and ║ │
│║ Born To Rock, Vol. 2, in 2013 and 2015, both ║ │
│║ independently produced and self-released. ║ │
│║ Hammerschmitt Still On Fire Band Photo ║ │
│║ Hammerschmitt ║ │
│║ Now if you missed all that and didn't get either ║ │
│║ or both EPs, all ten songs from both, plus one ║ │
│║ new song, have been collected in Still On Fire ║ │
│║ for the Massacre Records label. So then, ║ │
│║ excepting the final cut, Killed By Death, this ║ │
│║ is not really a "new" album. But it's one you'll ║ │
│║ probably want to check out. If anything it ║ │
│║ answers the question, why didn't they do this a ║ │
│║ long time ago? Hammerschmitt does a fine job ║ │
│║ playing in English. Now, with English being my ║ │
│║ native language and not having the lyrics, that ║ │
│║ previous statement could be moot. They may have ║ │
│║ no command of the English language whatsoever. ║ │
│║ But their music sure sounds pretty damn good. ║ │
│║ Basically, Hammerschmitt plays classic melodic ║ │
│║ hard rock with a sharp metal edge, mostly from ║ │
│║ the twin guitar lines, the riffage and leads, ║ │
│║ and a significant bottom end. Think the German ║ │
│║ version of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, ║ │
│║ simply brought forward for the new millennium. ║ │
│║ After these things, Hammerschmitt is big on ║ │
│║ groove. Rock n roll easily informs and supports ║ │
│║ every song. You can bang your head and tap your ║ │
│║ toe to their tunes. Vocal harmony is also ║ │
│║ essential to their sound as well, even with the ║ │
│║ metal shouts. Vocalist Benjamin Kroiss has a ║ │
│║ clean presentation, with just enough rock ║ │
│║ roughness give him some edge. The take away, or ║ │
│║ the strengths, for me in all this is easily and ║ │
│║ simply the natural rock groove and the slick ║ │
│║ guitar lines. But, over all, Hammerschmitt's ║ │
│║ intent was to deliver heavier metal-edged ║ │
│║ melodic hard rock played in English, and they ║ │
│║ nailed it. Top picks: Sanctuary, Mean Streak, ║ │
│║ Shout, and the quite awesome Still On Fire. ║ │
│║ Others, not so much: Zombie and Whoohoo, the ║ │
│║ latter just weird. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Rock Steady [04:26] │
│ 02 - Sancuary [04:04] │
│ 03 - Still n Fire [05:59] │
│ 04 - Metalheadz [04:13] │
│ 05 - Shout [03:14] │
│ 06 - Zonbie [04:58] │
│ 07 - One Helluva Night [03:16] │
│ 08 - Mean Streak [04:03] │
│ 09 - Crazy World [04:59] │
│ 10 - Whoohoo [03:22] │
│ 11 - Killed By death [05:03] │
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│ Total Length : [47:37 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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