Defenders of the Crown

Defenders of the Crown Artist: Human Fortress
Label: Import [Generic]
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4028466103932
ASIN: B0000AVSO4


Release Date: 2006-03-30

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Listmania:

  1. More of the Best Power Metal in no order
  2. Best of Metal (Power,Folk,Symphonic,Trash, etc..)
  3. Best Metal of 2003
  4. Underrated Power Metal

Tracks:

  1. Knights in Shining Armour
  2. Defenders of the Crown
  3. Colloseum
  4. Gladiator of Rome
  5. Holy Grail Mine
  6. Border Raid in Lions March
  7. Siege Tower
  8. Schattentor
  9. Skin & Feather
  10. Mortal Sinful Wrath
  11. Sacral Fire
  12. Valiant

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars " EXCELLENT METAL FROM GERMANY ".......2006-09-24

EXCELLENT SECOND ALBUM FROM THIS EXCELLENT BAND FROM GERMANY!!!
VERY GOOD VOICE AND SPEED !!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL METAL FANS !!!

5 out of 5 stars second album of top quality young band.......2006-08-01

That an album of this quality could have no one sing its praises on amazon dot com three years after its release is an intolerable situation. I just want to briefly remedy it.

First, a brief description. This isn't power metal or "goth metal", it is eighties metal with power metal elements, namely the occasional and always appropriate use of speed, soaring vocal melodies and symphonic touches.

The most important elements of any ensemble making any form of popular music are the songwriting and the singing, and this album features excellencies in both. The singer is the highlight of the band; his voice has the real testosterone necessary to good metal and lacking in ninety percent of the girlish wailers ordinarily featured in Euro-metal bands these days. It reflects the essence of this band: not like the others; different by being simply better.

Along the same lines, the tracks are far more varied than the typical latter-day metal album. While the lyrics do revolve around medieval and fantasy themes, they are a little more conceptual than the lyrics typical of the genre.

I would not go quite so far to say that the album transcends its genre, but it is nearly perfect for what it is and what it is trying to accomplish, which is why it gets five stars from me and why I would recommend it.

Final note: make very sure you get this one, the second album, not the more widely distributed debut, which is only average in quality.

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