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│║ Rls Date..2020-05-16 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │
│║ Genre.....Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year......2010 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │
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│║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........13 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Kilmara ║ │
│║ Album : Don┤t Fear The Wolf ║ │
│║ Label : Rising Records ║ │
│║ Cat.No : CD083 ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Spanish melodic/traditional heavy metal band Kilmara are ║ │
│║ relatively unknown at this current time, but are stopping ║ │
│║ at nothing to try to leave their unique footprint in the ║ │
│║ metal world. They were formed out of Barcelona in 2003, ║ │
│║ originally under the name Jadde and after releasing their ║ │
│║ very first demo, the band recruited vocalist Christian ║ │
│║ "Wolf" Kohl and soon with the help of his vision of ║ │
│║ direction, changed their name to Kilmara and released a ║ │
│║ second demo in 2004. With the remainder of the band all ║ │
│║ native Spaniards, the German born Christian had to ║ │
│║ initially sing Kilmara's songs in Spanish until they ║ │
│║ decided to expand their chances of success and popularity ║ │
│║ by switching from Spanish lyrics to English. ║ │
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│║ While the third demo has songs in both Spanish and English, ║ │
│║ their debut album 'Hunting Dreams' was entirely written and ║ │
│║ sung in English to help establish an international market ║ │
│║ and improve their chances of being signed by a record ║ │
│║ label. Despite being self-produced, 'Hunting Dreams' was a ║ │
│║ decent and consistent melodic metal debut. With influences ║ │
│║ ranging from the DiAnno-era Iron Maiden to Savatage, ║ │
│║ Kilmara's debut effort was a strong performance despite ║ │
│║ having a few obvious flaws like any new metal band would. ║ │
│║ However, overall it was a strong, respectable and honest ║ │
│║ effort that was enough to leave some anticipation and ║ │
│║ curiosity for the next release. Kilmara received a welcomed ║ │
│║ boost, when Spanish label Maldito Records signed the band ║ │
│║ and their latest release 'Don't Fear the Wolf' was locally ║ │
│║ released in May 2010. The initial reviews of the CD were ║ │
│║ positive and it also reached #20 in the Spanish metal/rock ║ │
│║ charts. ║ │
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│║ In November of 2010, Kilmara signed with U.K. label Rising ║ │
│║ Records who then re-released 'Don't Fear the Wolf' ║ │
│║ worldwide in early 2011. There have been a few line-up ║ │
│║ changes between releases, with bassist Salvador Perez ║ │
│║ leaving the band in 2010. He was replaced by Jose ║ │
│║ Sebasstian, however he left just after a short period of ║ │
│║ time and was replaced by current bassist Jose "Johanson" ║ │
│║ Castillo. The remainder of Kilmara includes drummer Javier ║ │
│║ Morillo and guitarists John Portillo and Kike Torres. ║ │
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│║ For the recording and producing process for 'Don't Fear the ║ │
│║ Wolf', Kilmara left Spain for Slovakia, to Grapow Studios ║ │
│║ to work with Roland Grapow (of Masterplan and Helloween ║ │
│║ fame) to put together a more powerful album than its ║ │
│║ predecessor. In many ways, it excels over the previous; ║ │
│║ obviously the production is one of the main improvements, ║ │
│║ but overall the heaviness, catchiness and song-writing has ║ │
│║ improved quite a lot. Even vocalist Christian Kohl has ║ │
│║ improved in his techniques and delivery; which at times ║ │
│║ sounded inconsistent on the debut. The guitar riffs ║ │
│║ throughout the CD are far crisper, deeper and harder-edged ║ │
│║ than before (compliments to John and Kike), while the ║ │
│║ melodies are rather intricate and memorable; thus the songs ║ │
│║ which appear on the CD have also improved and are of a ║ │
│║ higher calibre and quality. ║ │
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│║ The first song highlights on 'Don't Fear the Wolf' I would ║ │
│║ want to mention is the excellent "The Dark Inside" trilogy: ║ │
│║ "Don't Fear the Wolf" (impressive and groove riff laden), ║ │
│║ "You Better Run" (soulful and powerful mid-paced grinder) ║ │
│║ and "Show Me the Way" (speedy and bombastic riff-fest); all ║ │
│║ of which are stand out tracks. "Rock the Night" is a pretty ║ │
│║ standard and straightforward track, reminiscent of 80s ║ │
│║ metal/rock that does get the head moving in approval; while ║ │
│║ "Blindfold" is a passionate and soaring semi-ballad (one of ║ │
│║ Christian's best performance on the album), that could ║ │
│║ easily be mistaken for Circle II Circle. The remainder of ║ │
│║ the CD has some great songs, such as the epic sounding "Let ║ │
│║ Sadness Be Destiny", the rockin' "You Won't Live Forever" ║ │
│║ and the melodic and splendid "The Deceit". ║ │
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│║ In the end, Kilmara's 'Don't Fear the Wolf' is an excellent ║ │
│║ album and the changes between this and their debut are ║ │
│║ immense; there has been a dramatic improvement across the ║ │
│║ board. Obviously having the CD professionally produced ║ │
│║ makes a world of difference, and with the master Roland ║ │
│║ Grapow holding the controls, Kilmara were always going to ║ │
│║ be in safe hands. The guitar driven style of the tracks ║ │
│║ really pack a punch and the sizable solos thrown into every ║ │
│║ song will satisfy even the biggest of air guitar ║ │
│║ aficionados... and I'm sure Grapow had a lot to do with ║ │
│║ that, being a guitarist himself. ║ │
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│║ Hopefully with this release, Kilmara will be able to make a ║ │
│║ name for themselves in the saturated metal market, ║ │
│║ especially in Europe and in their homeland of Spain. The ║ │
│║ consistency and hard work the band has put into this album ║ │
│║ has definitely paid dividends and I was very surprised of ║ │
│║ the size of the jump in terms of quality when comparing the ║ │
│║ two CDs. Fans of melodic heavy/power metal should give this ║ │
│║ band a chance by tracking this one down as you should not ║ │
│║ be disappointed. This is a band on the rise and I shall ║ │
│║ follow them with much anticipation. ║ │
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│║ Originally written for www.metalcdratings.com and ║ │
│║ www.themetalforge.com ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 1. Inside The Darkness 0:52 │
│ 2. The Dark Inside - Don┤t Fear The Wolf 5:18 │
│ 3. Rock The Night 5:31 │
│ 4. All You Need Is Pray 3:02 │
│ 5. Blindfold 4:39 │
│ 6. The Dark Inside - You Better Run 7:51 │
│ 7. Vampire Of Love 4:00 │
│ 8. Let Sadness Be Destiny 6:23 │
│ 9. You Left Without A Reason 5:53 │
│ 10. You Won┤t Live Forever 5:11 │
│ 11. The Deceit 6:30 │
│ 12. The dark Inside - Show Me The Way 5:17 │
│ 13. Dakujem Castle 3:17 │
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│ Total Length : 01:03:44 │
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