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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-26-2019 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2019 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.beastinblack.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Beast In Black Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : From Hell With Love-(GQCS-90684)bel : Ward ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ The beast is back! After blowing the power metal ║ │
│║ community's collective minds with Berserker in ║ │
│║ 2017, what was initially considered a spin-off ║ │
│║ project has now achieved full status. The ║ │
│║ inevitable comparison to fellow Finns Battle ║ │
│║ Beast will have to be made but it is most ║ │
│║ certainly in Anton Kabanen's favour. Beast In ║ │
│║ Black's debut album completely blew Noora and ║ │
│║ co's Bringer Of Pain out of the water two years ║ │
│║ ago and, judging by the quality of "No More ║ │
│║ Hollywood Endings", they're about to do it ║ │
│║ again. Friendly rivalry? Hostile competition? ║ │
│║ Couldn't give a shit. BIB are officially better ║ │
│║ than BB - and From Hell With Love confirms it ║ │
│║ with hammering affirmation. Buckle up, fuckers - ║ │
│║ this is about to get Berserk. ║ │
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│║ If you are at all familiar with Beast In Black, ║ │
│║ you are completely justified in expecting more ║ │
│║ of the usual: completely overblown, hard-rockin' ║ │
│║ melodic power metal with a heavy '80s pop ║ │
│║ influence, screaming vocals and cheesy-ass ║ │
│║ synths. This time, the pop vibe is embedded even ║ │
│║ deeper into the integral core of the music and, ║ │
│║ dare I say, is the best thing about this album. ║ │
│║ I can't stop myself from grinning at almost ║ │
│║ every bouncy electronic backbeat and blaring ║ │
│║ synth melody. This is metal for metalheads who ║ │
│║ are unafraid to smile and shove their tongue so ║ │
│║ far into their cheek they cause ulcers. Remember ║ │
│║ "Crazy, Mad, Insane" from the previous record? ║ │
│║ Yeah. That. But MORE. ║ │
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│║ Within seconds of opener "Cry Out For A Hero" I ║ │
│║ guarantee a massive skeletal smirk and the urge ║ │
│║ to air-guitar and air-keyboard the shit out of ║ │
│║ this entire record. I hope these guys pioneer a ║ │
│║ new wave of bands who will start to fuse '80s ║ │
│║ disco and synthpop with power metal because ║ │
│║ Beast In Black make it sound so natural - like ║ │
│║ it was just meant to be. All manner of keyboard ║ │
│║ effects are layered wonderfully above, and in ║ │
│║ the middle of, the super-tight metal underneath. ║ │
│║ Kabanen's orchestration and arrangement talents ║ │
│║ cannot be denied. The Wisdom guitarist inserts ║ │
│║ as many cheeky synth-tom fills and sampled ║ │
│║ handclaps as he can, ensuring From Hell With ║ │
│║ Love never drops its energy for one second. Not ║ │
│║ even in the unspeakably beautiful "Oceandeep"; ║ │
│║ this album's token ballad (and yes, it's even ║ │
│║ better than "Ghost In The Rain"!). ║ │
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│║ Now, we all know power metal songwriting ║ │
│║ frequently revolves around the effectiveness of ║ │
│║ the chorus. Well, BIB have absolutely nailed the ║ │
│║ art of chorus-writing. Every refrain explodes ║ │
│║ out of the speakers with instantly memorable ║ │
│║ hooks and layered vocals which seem to bounce ║ │
│║ with sheer vibrancy. Just check out the ║ │
│║ phenomenally cheesy "Sweet True Lies" or the ║ │
│║ Sabaton-as-fuck "Heart Of Steel", look me in the ║ │
│║ eyes tell me you don't already know the lyrics ║ │
│║ and tune after only one listen. Don't lie, you ║ │
│║ do. And you wanna hear it again. I understand. ║ │
│║ However, my number one chorus on this LP has to ║ │
│║ be the stunning title-track. It's ║ │
│║ just...unspeakably glorious. These dangerously ║ │
│║ infectious choruses are aided by the immensely ║ │
│║ talented Yannis Papadopoulos whose vocal skills ║ │
│║ are stratospheric. He can melt your heart with ║ │
│║ sweetness or blow your skin off your stupid face ║ │
│║ with bone-melting screams; always 100% in tune ║ │
│║ and full of attitude. A god among men. ║ │
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│║ FHWL is structured perfectly. Bookended by two ║ │
│║ fast-paced rockers, the album is chocked with ║ │
│║ jaunty power-disco anthems ("Unlimited Sin"), ║ │
│║ fist-pumping tributes to the Berserk manga ("Die ║ │
│║ By The Blade") and all-out power metal assaults ║ │
│║ ("Repentless"). All expertly positioned in such ║ │
│║ a way that no two tracks sound too similar when ║ │
│║ experienced in order. Even though every number ║ │
│║ is basically perfection, my personal favourite ║ │
│║ is the super-slick "True Believer" which is akin ║ │
│║ to a 1980s action movie training montage or an ║ │
│║ NES side-scrolling beat-em-up boss battle ║ │
│║ soundtrack. There's a flute solo; badass riffs ║ │
│║ ("No Surrender"); falsetto screams; insanely ║ │
│║ blazing fretwork; tambourines galore; a lyrical ║ │
│║ nod to Battle Beast's first album (no joke! It's ║ │
│║ in the chorus of "This Is War" - cheeky ║ │
│║ fuckers!) and choruses catchier than ║ │
│║ tuberculosis. If you need anything else in your ║ │
│║ life, you're asking too much from this world. ║ │
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│║ To get a 100% score from me requires some ║ │
│║ special X factor, an unidentifiable 'something' ║ │
│║ that elevates the release and lets it transcend ║ │
│║ our puny human qualms. Beast In Black almost had ║ │
│║ it with Berserker but, here in 2019, they feel ║ │
│║ settled in their skin and ready to churn out the ║ │
│║ band's true vision. From Hell With Love only ║ │
│║ gets more appealing with every spin - and that's ║ │
│║ the measure of a truly 'classic' record. What ║ │
│║ the hell are you waiting for!? Pre-order this ║ │
│║ shit right now, don those leather trousers you ║ │
│║ obviously own, hit the disco this Saturday night ║ │
│║ and BABY BABY TELL ME MORE OF YOUR LIES!! ║ │
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│║ Review written by Larry6990 for www.metal- ║ │
│║ archives.com ║ │
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│║ Yannis Papadopoulos - Vocals ║ │
│║ Anton Kabanen - Guitars, Synthesizers, ║ │
│║ Orchestrations ║ │
│║ MßtΘ Molnßr - Bass ║ │
│║ Kasperi Heikkinen - Guitars ║ │
│║ Atte Palokangas - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Cry Out For A Hero [03:29] │
│ 02 - From Hell With Love [03:57] │
│ 03 - Sweet True Lies [03:28] │
│ 04 - Repentless [04:04] │
│ 05 - Die By The Blade [03:16] │
│ 06 - Oceandeep [05:47] │
│ 07 - Unlimited Sin [03:36] │
│ 08 - True Believer [03:30] │
│ 09 - This Is War [03:41] │
│ 10 - Heart Of Steel [04:23] │
│ 11 - No Surrender [04:17] │
│ 12 - Killed By Death (Bonus Track) [03:54] │
│ 13 - No Easy Way Out (Bonus Track) [04:06] │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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