Year : 2023 (Japan Edition)
Style : Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 146 mb
Bio:
Iron Savior is a German power metal band that formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1996. Following a period of several years working behind the scenes in music production, multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer Piet Sielck joined with former Helloween bandmate Kai Hansen and then-drummer for Blind Guardian Thomen Stauch in a new project that would blend power metal with a high-concept science fiction story.The band's debut album Iron Savior introduced the story that would be told over the course of multiple albums, featuring a self-aware space vessel called the Iron Savior and its relationship to the mythical lost civilization of Atlantis.Critics have compared Iron Savior's sound and musical approach to classic heavy metal bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Queensrÿche.Kai Hansen's presence in the band brought to the Iron Savior albums on which he appeared a style heavily influenced by Gamma Ray and Helloween.Since its inception, Iron Savior has released eight studio albums, two EPs, and two singles.Despite numerous lineup changes, Piet Sielck has continued to direct the band and is currently the only remaining founding member.On February 28, 2014, the band will release their newest album Rise of the Hero via AFM Records.
Album:
Unleash the fire within and embark on a sonic journey with Iron Savior's monumental album "Firestar": an inferno of metal mastery that will leave you breathless and craving for more. Sometimes pure coincidence or seemingly inconspicuous little details can turn a very good album into an outstanding release. In the case of "Firestar", the latest studio recording by Hamburg power metal act Iron Savior, it has come as a real surprise even for singer/guitarist Piet Sielck that the new songs surpass the material of the impressive predecessor album "Skycrest". In fact, the cornerstones of the current offering were already set and pointed to a successful production within the tried and tested framework, when all of a sudden everything turned out rather differently: "Just before the recordings were finalised, I was inspired by the muse, totally of the blue. I wrote two more songs out of nowhere and changed a third one on the spur of the moment. And suddenly, 'Firestar' turned into an even better record", says Sielck happily, admitting that this unexpected creative surge "triggered great emotions" in him.The three tracks that Sielck is referring to are the anthem "In The Realm Of Heavy Metal", the title track "Firestar" and the final "Together As One", where the basic structure had already been finalised when he changed the chorus, and the song "immediately turned into real highlight". Mind you, doesn't this superlative apply to every one of the eleven songs? After all, the title track is irresistible and with its incredible 176 BPM definitely one of the fastest songs in Iron Savior's history to date. On the other hand, "Firestar" features a wide range of influences from hard rock to pop, all calibrated to heavy metal standards thanks to those typical Iron Savior virtues. Such as "Through The Fires Of Hell" with its emotionally charged lyrics dedicated to the Iron Savior boss's wife. Sielck: "In our blended family with three wonderful daughters, we've gone through any number of ups and downs together. I'd go to hell and back for her every day if I had to."Speaking of which: to Piet Sielck and his three comrades-in-arms Joachim 'Piesel' Küstner (guitar), Jan S. Eckert (bass) and Patrick Klose (drums), the content of their material is much more than a mere accessory. "We have to be able to identify with our lyrics, they have to be relevant, otherwise they don't work for us", comments Sielck on the parameters of the words of his material, which, despite certain fantasy/sci-fi leanings, is always about the basic rules of coexistence, about respect and tolerance, about good and evil, and evidence - as Sielck puts it: "a Hanseatic view of things". The same can be said of the four songs featuring Iron Savior's typical Atlantis theme and to "Across The Wasteland" with its reference to Steven King's Dark Tower series.Iron Savior has again come up with an exceptional studio album in "Firestar", enhanced by Felipe Machado Franco's impressive cover artwork presenting the Iron Savior spaceship that has been around since 2011. The cherry on the cake is the powerful production courtesy of Hamburg's Powerhouse Studio, including intelligently positioned keyboard parts and the anthemic background choirs, supported by Sielck's 17-year-old daughter Frida and her boyfriend. There can be no doubt about it: "Firestar" is a bonfire in many respects!
Line-Up:
Piet Sielck - Vocals, Guitars (ex-Savage Circus, ex-Gentry, ex-Second Hell)
Jan-Sören Eckert - Bass, Vocals (additional) (Grimmark, ex-Charon, ex-Masterplan, ex-Running Wild (live), ex-Mydra)
Joachim "Piesel" Küstner - Guitars (ex-Lacrimosa)
Patrick Klose - Drums (2017-present) - See also: Cold Revenge, Bright Guardians, ex-Dawn of Destiny, ex-Elmsfire, ex-Scanner
Tracklist:
01. The Titan
02. Curse Of The Machinery
03. In The Realm Of Heavy Metal
04. Demise Of The Tyrant
05. Firestar
06. Through The Fires Of Hell
07. Mask, Cloak And Sword
08. Across The Wastelands
09. Rising From Ashes
10. Nothing Is Forever
11. Together As One
12. Heading Out On The Highway (Judas Priest cover) (Bonus Track)
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