Assassin's Blade (CAN/SWE)

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Assassin's Blade (CAN/SWE)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 07 Mar 2019, 15:10

Assassin's Blade - Agents Of Mystification (2016)

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Year : 2016
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Canada , Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 165 mb


Bio:

The band was formed in 2014 by Jacques, David and Peter. Assassin's Blade is a Canadian-Swedish heavy metal band, featuring none other than Jacques Bélanger of Exciter fame on vocals.From their 2016 promo-material: "Ever since they heard the rumour that Jacques Bélanger was working on a new project, the first since his EXCITER days ("The Dark Command", "Blood of Tyrants", “New Testament”), the Metal legions have been expecting a new classic.We soon found out that Bélanger had joined forces with a trio of Swedish musicians, bassist/song writer/lyricist Peter Svensson (Void Moon, TRAP), guitarist/song writer David Stranderud (ex-PORTRAIT, INSTIGATOR, TRAP) and drummer Marcus Rosenkvist (Void Moon) to write some exciting new material. During the recording, Janne Stark (known from Overdrive and author of the Encyclopedia of Swedish Heavy Metal books) contributed with guitar solos on most of the songs. The result is simply amazing. Make no mistake: Bélanger’s voice is as powerful as it ever was, with its typical US-Metal-like high pitched screams! Now first, let it be known that Assassin’s Blade material totally stands up to its Exciter influence, a trait that is most obvious in songs like "The Demented Force", "Transgression" and "Agents of Mystification". In "Autumn Serenade" or "Crucible of War", Bélanger voice might even remind you of Bruce Dickinson, while the song "Prophet’s Urn" will certainly appeal to younger fans of bands like TRIAL or PORTRAIT. Then, it is back to the thunderous mid-tempo "Dreadnought" and to the metallic "Nowhere Riders", in which we hear a perfect mix of EXCITER and AGENT STEEL that will obviously appeal to masses of metal fans.As if it were not enough, those who want epic material will be pleased with "Herostratos", where guitarist David Stranderud shows the World how much of a guitar wizard he really is. This album culminates in the heroic “League of the Divine Wind”, a saga in which the whole band shows its genius.All things considered, Agents of Mystification is a killer album, and finally, it is made available to you, the metal fans."

Album:

Assassin's Blade is the brainchild of ex-Exciter vocalist Jacques Bélanger, who recruited a band full of quality Swedish musicians and formed this band a few years ago, with the avowed purpose of playing old-school Traditional Metal. This is obviously a callback to sounds like classic Riot or Attacker, with a kind of NWOBHM sound to the riffs and a US-Metal sensibility to the songwriting. This kind of thing is really much more demanding than it sounds, because there are no gimmicks to hide behind, you just have to have first-rate songs, and Assassin's Blade don't really have any of those. The guitar tone is good, and the riffs are okay, but they are unmemorable, and derivative of much better bands and albums. Bélanger's vocals are not that exciting, as he is just kind of there. He's not bad, and when he busts out a high-pitched wail he sounds much better, but overall his performance sounds unexciting. This is not a bad disc, but you won't really remember one thing about it.

Line Up:

Jacques Bélanger - Lead & Backing Vocals (Exciter)
David Stranderud - Lead & Rhythm Guitars (Portrait, Devil Lee Rot)
Peter Svensson - Bass (Cult Of The Fox, Void Moon)
Marcus Rosenqvist - Drums (Void Moon)

Tracklist:

01. Agents Of Mystification
02. Herostratos
03. The Demented Force
04. Dreadnought
05. Autumn Serenade
06. Transgression
07. Nowhere Riders
08. Crucible Of War
09. Frosthammer
10. League Of The Divine Wind
11. Prophet's Urn

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Re: Assassin's Blade (CAN/SWE)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 16 Okt 2021, 20:09

Assassin's Blade - Gather Darkness (2019)

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Year : 2019
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Canada , Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 165 mb


Bio:

The band was formed in 2014 by Jacques, David and Peter. Assassin's Blade is a Canadian-Swedish heavy metal band, featuring none other than Jacques Bélanger of Exciter fame on vocals.From their 2016 promo-material: "Ever since they heard the rumour that Jacques Bélanger was working on a new project, the first since his EXCITER days ("The Dark Command", "Blood of Tyrants", “New Testament”), the Metal legions have been expecting a new classic.We soon found out that Bélanger had joined forces with a trio of Swedish musicians, bassist/song writer/lyricist Peter Svensson (Void Moon, TRAP), guitarist/song writer David Stranderud (ex-PORTRAIT, INSTIGATOR, TRAP) and drummer Marcus Rosenkvist (Void Moon) to write some exciting new material. During the recording, Janne Stark (known from Overdrive and author of the Encyclopedia of Swedish Heavy Metal books) contributed with guitar solos on most of the songs. The result is simply amazing. Make no mistake: Bélanger’s voice is as powerful as it ever was, with its typical US-Metal-like high pitched screams! Now first, let it be known that Assassin’s Blade material totally stands up to its Exciter influence, a trait that is most obvious in songs like "The Demented Force", "Transgression" and "Agents of Mystification". In "Autumn Serenade" or "Crucible of War", Bélanger voice might even remind you of Bruce Dickinson, while the song "Prophet’s Urn" will certainly appeal to younger fans of bands like TRIAL or PORTRAIT. Then, it is back to the thunderous mid-tempo "Dreadnought" and to the metallic "Nowhere Riders", in which we hear a perfect mix of EXCITER and AGENT STEEL that will obviously appeal to masses of metal fans.As if it were not enough, those who want epic material will be pleased with "Herostratos", where guitarist David Stranderud shows the World how much of a guitar wizard he really is. This album culminates in the heroic “League of the Divine Wind”, a saga in which the whole band shows its genius.All things considered, Agents of Mystification is a killer album, and finally, it is made available to you, the metal fans."

Album:

While famed Throne Of Glass author Sarah J. Maas wasn’t even conceived while Ottawa speed metal titans EXCITER were three studio albums and countless world tours into their own young career, it would be a safe bet to assume that some of her inspired writings had to have come from at least a random spin or two of Heavy Metal Maniacs or Violence And Force just to beef up the action content every few chapters or so. Or even latter albums including 2004’s New Testament when the band’s then-frontman Jacques Belanger paid homage to their back catalogue with new recorded renditions of their forcefully maniacal heavy metal classics.Or for all we know or care, she’s really not a metal fan and prefers the lush timbres of Billie Eilish instead to unwind after adding more novellas to the TOG series. All fine and good, but seeing as Maas has written a collection of five novellas actually titled Assassin’s Blade, maybe the connection isn’t just a fluke. And thus far, the only band that I know of at least who were inspired enough by TOG to name themselves after the five novella collection – other than maybe LYCANTHRO but they were more Skyrim-inspired – would be the aspiring metal group ASSASSIN'S BLADE, who just happen to feature Jacques Belanger as their frontman.With EXCITER’s massive popularity in Sweden having grown over the course of nearly a quarter century, particularly during Belanger’s era in the lineup, they’ve inspired a generation of homegrown Scandinavian heavy metal maniacs and musicians alike. Among them would be Peter Svensson and David Stranderud, two aspiring Swedish session musicians who’d caught many an EXCITER show during the band’s frequent European tours in the mid/late 90’s and beyond, eventually becoming close friends with the band. Belanger’s tenure with Exciter ended in 2006 just as Svensson and Stranderud were developing their musical chops and writing/demoing/producing their own compositions; by 2014, the duo had enough strong material to fill up a proper album or two, but they were having little success in finding other backing musicians and label distributors to support them. They also needed a strong vocalist to give their songs a real powerful voice. Shopping their demo tape with the prospect of having nothing to lose to Jacques Belanger, who’d been doing mostly session/studio work and the odd side project since leaving EXCITER, the duo were surprised to get a favourable response back from the singer. Belanger would take about a year or so to retrain his singing style, but by mid-2015, he flew to Sweden and recorded five songs at Peter’s studio before returning to Canada to hook up with Manfred Leidecker (with whom he had recorded three EXCITER albums: The Dark Command, Blood Of Tyrants and the aforementioned New Testament) to record the vocals to five more songs, which would later become ASSASSIN'S BLADE’s debut album Agents Of Mystification in 2016.With a year and a half of touring experience under their proverbial bullet belts including their official live debut at Denmark’s Metal Magic Festival, ASSASSIN'S BLADE have sharpened their craft somewhat for their sophomore release Gather Darkness. Recorded at Peter’s studio with a slight lineup change featuring Marcus Rosenkvist (who was a session drummer on AOM) who is now the band’s full-time drummer and guitarist Bruno Bueneck, Gather Darkness exults pure traditional metal to the core. Indeed, if the lyrical content in its songs such as “Dream Savant”, “The Thaumaturge”, “The City That Waits” and “Call Of The Watch” doesn’t capture vivid images of Celaena Sardothien crusading across Adarlan in the name of justice done Assassin’s Guild style, someone isn’t trying hard enough to be convincing. And that someone isn’t Jacques Belanger, whose vocals are in prime form throughout the album whether singing or doing spoken word – though if I were to make a suggestion, he didn’t need to end “Tempt Not (The Blade Of The Assassin)” with unnecessarily repeated chants of “assassin”. Even the title track has the perfect ending with Belanger’s well-timed flourishing vocals until Marcus’ bass drum literally kicks in on the fade out and disrupts the mood. Otherwise, when ASSASSIN'S BLADE ends on an abrupt but timely note, they do it right on “The City That Waits” with the calm-before-the-storm surprise climax, while Belanger’s vocal and storytelling talents shine the most on “Dream Savant” and “Gods”, allowing the rest of the band to find their perfect groove. David and Bruno have some decent riffs overall throughout the album while the rhythm section comprised of Marcus’ thundering drum work and Peter’s precise bass lines round out the album nicely.With Gather Darkness, ASSASSIN'S BLADE have managed to take a more focused stab at glory with the intention of making the final cut even if it won’t be poking its way into Sarah J. Maas’ personal CD collection anytime soon. But the band have long since found their own gathered demographic for the true metal masses.And that is a story in itself.

Line Up:

Peter Svensson - Bass (2014-present) - See also: Atraptor, Cult of the Fox, Void Moon, Stonegriff (live), ex-Extortion, ex-Trap, ex-Cross Bow, ex-Devil Lee Rot, ex-Goatess
David Stranderud - Guitars (lead) (2014-present) - See also: Instigator, ex-Disaffection, ex-Trap, ex-Devil Lee Rot, ex-Portrait, ex-Autopsy Torment, ex-Cross Bow
Jacques Bélanger - Vocals (2014-present) - See also: ex-Exciter, ex-Blackstar
Marcus Rosenqvist - Drums (2015-present) - See also: Cult of the Fox, Void Moon, ex-Indemnity
Bruno Buneck - Guitars (2017-present) - See also: The Gladiator, ex-Devil Lee Rot

Tracklist:

01. Tempt Not (The Blade of the Assassin) 04:06
02. Call of the Watch 03:26
03. Gather, Darkness! 04:14
04. The City That Waits 04:47
05. Dream Savant 05:44
06. Gods 04:00
07. The Ghost of Orion 04:17
08. The Thaumaturge 04:30
09. I, of the Storm 04:14
10. Soil of the Dead 06:10

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