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░ ██ ██ Artist: Almanac ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Kingslayer █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-11-25 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Heavy Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Nuclear Blast ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ You would be forgiven for reading the title of █
█ AlmanacÆs new album, Kingslayer, and thinking æwow █
█ theyÆve written a Game Of Thrones inspired album. █
█ But before you start thinking that the German █
█ power metallers have delivered you an album in █
█ which they look of the lives of Jon Snow, Khaleesi █
█ and more importantly the KIngslayer himself Jamie █
█ Lannister I should tell you that just like on █
█ their first album, Tsar, the band has turned to █
█ real life history, and not fairytales, for their █
█ inspiration behind the albumà. and what an album █
█ it is. Taking inspiration from Pirate Queens who █
█ wouldnÆt die and schizophrenic kings this is a █
█ walk through history like you have never █
█ experienced before. █
█ █
█ While described as power metal there is also a █
█ strong sense of symphonic metal around Kingslayerà █
█ an album that has fast become one of my favourite █
█ albums of the year. From the opening track, █
█ æRegicideÆ this is an album that wins you over █
█ with its amazing blend of vocal coming from David █
█ Readman, Jeanette Marchewka and Andy B. Franck. █
█ Then comes æChildren Of The Sacred PathÆ which █
█ sees ex-Rage guitarist Victor Smolski deliver some █
█ absolutely brilliant axe work. █
█ There are no weak tracks at all on Kingslayer. █
█ æGuilt As ChargedÆ again showcases the trio of █
█ vocalists while æHail To The KingÆ, which takes a █
█ look at some Sri Lankian history, conjures up a █
█ smooth 1980s rock vibe. æLosing My MindÆ has █
█ musical twists and turns all through it while the █
█ very short title track, æKingslayerÆ again █
█ showcases the talents of Smolski on guitar. █
█ █
█ One of the best tracks on the album is æKingdom Of █
█ The BlindÆ which really does see the symphonic █
█ side of Almanac as the tracks just keeps building █
█ and building to some truly amazing epic heights. █
█ That sound continues with æHeadstrongÆ before █
█ æLast FarewellÆ takes a turn towards folk metal. █
█ The album then closes with the triumphant sounding █
█ æRed FlagÆ which again sees Smolski stand up and █
█ deliver the goods. █
█ Kingslayer is an amazing album that really does █
█ show why Almanac is a band that the world must sit █
█ up and take notice of. This is a stunning █
█ follow-up to Tsar and is an album that is very █
█ easy to fall in love with. The talent of Almanac █
█ is outstanding and hopefully, this is a band that █
█ is around for many years to come. █
█ █
█ http://www.almanac.band/ █
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░ 1. Regicide 6:07 ░
░ 2. Children of the Sacred Path 4:11 ░
░ 3. Guilty as Charged 5:03 ░
░ 4. Hail to the King 5:48 ░
░ 5. Losing My Mind 5:34 ░
░ 6. Kingslayer 1:33 ░
░ 7. Kingdom of the Blind 6:23 ░
░ 8. Headstrong 6:11 ░
░ 9. Last Farewell 4:59 ░
░ 45:49 ░
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