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Bloodbound - Field Of Swords

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The new album is quite solid as a whole piece, one of their strongest. Yes, the music is very samey, but it's effective, catchy and memorable. Power metal after all. This fusion style of Stratovarius and Nightwish. Good production. Patirk's voice is like a mix of Tobi and Kiske.

The weaker songs here are the title track, ''Defenders Of Jerusalem'' and the closer ''The Nine Crusade'' (feat. UTA). Everything else works and is memorable. I really like the melodies in the songs. All songs are 4 minutes long, with at least one solo and a melodic part!

The Code Of Warriors - love the Celtic melody, very memorable chorus, pure Helloween-esque power metal.

Land Of The Brave - classic NWOBHM melody and a gallop, pure power metal and fun chorus, cool shredding. A highlight.

Light The Sky - Sabaton-esque vibe, the abruptive chorus is very nice, cool melodies.

Teutonic Knights - pure Nightwish intro (love the melody), another great sounding and working chorus.

Forged In Iron - some keys action here, a bit different verses, the chorus gives me strong Stratovarius vibes.

Pain And Glory - classic and fun power metal (almost DragonForce), what's not to like. An interesting vocal part in the middle and a great solo.

Born To Be King - great melody, riffing, verses and chorus, HammerFall-esque. More varied instrumental section.

The album cover is very good (epic vibe) with the perfect colors.
 
Also been playing the hell out of The Stone Roses. Second coming is zep tribute heaven and works but that first album is something else <3 Love the bass and drums especially. RIP Mani
 
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