The Mission

The Mission Artist: Royal Hunt
Label: Frontiers Italy
Category: Music


Buying details


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8024391009529
ASIN: B00005OM64


Release Date: 2006-11-27

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Tracks:

  1. Take Off
  2. Mission
  3. Exit Gravity
  4. Surrender
  5. Clean Sweep
  6. Judgement Day
  7. Metamorphosis
  8. World Wide War
  9. Dreamline
  10. Out of Reach
  11. Fourth Dimension
  12. Days of No Trust
  13. Total Recall

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Progressive Mission.......2006-08-23

Released in 2001, the Mission is the second Royal Hunt album with John West on vocals. It is also the second Royal Hunt album to truly live up to the progressive metal label that people keep giving them (Paradox was the other, in case you were wondering).

The Mission is a concept album based on Ray Bradbury's sci-fi tales "the Martian Chronicles". Royal Hunt seems to give their best performance when working around a central concept (again, see Paradox), and the Mission is proof of that. This is a tight, focused album instead of simply a collection of songs. The musicianship is top notch, and the keyboards, while definitely prominent, do not overpower the album. The scattered (and thankfully brief) instrumental interludes are very effective in setting the album's pace and delineating "chapters."

And it pains me to admit it, but John West does an outstanding job with the vocals. I'll probably never be 100% satisfied with anyone other than D.C. Cooper singing for Royal Hunt, but West really delivered on this album.

This one's a winner, folks. It's a solid progressive metal album from start to finish, and is the band's best work since the aforementioned Paradox.

Music CD:

  1. Krokus - The Collection ~ Krokus
  2. The Bon Jovi Biography and Interview ~ Bon Jovi
  3. In the End, Pt. 2 ~ Linkin Park
  4. Written in the Sand ~ Michael Schenker Group
  5. Be Aware of Scorpions ~ Michael Schenker
  6. Virgin & Whore ~ Eternal Tears of Sorrow
  7. The Accuracy of Broken Whispers ~ Destro
  8. I Am Just a Cowboy ~ Phil Lynott
  9. Rock 'N' Roll Gypsies ~ Saxon
  10. Mind's I ~ Dark Tranquillity

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Alive ~ Terry Callier

1999 Party ~ Hawkwind

Behind the Wheel: The Best of Road Rock ~ Various Artists

Mystic Dance: A Celtic Celebration ~ Maggie Sansone

A Picture of Your Life ~ Daniel Taubkin & the Uandi Uandi

Way Back When ~ Big Bear Theory

Extractions ~ Dif Juz

Phoenix

Drama CD Gensomaden Saiyuki (Special Box 3) ~ Japanimation

All the Best: Greatest Hits ~ Haddaway