Konquest (ITALY)

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Konquest - The Night Goes On (2021)













Year : 2021
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 83 mb

Bio:

KONQUEST was founded in Prato in Italy in early 2020. What started as a solo project of Alex Rossi – who not only wrote all the music and lyrics, but also recorded all tracks on the debut album – quickly turned into regular band, ready to conquer the stages, and give fans what they love the most. Pure, epic and old school Heavy Metal!Their debut album entitled “The Night Goes On”, has been produced by Alex Rossi, and got mastering treatment by the Heavy Metal veteran Bart Gabriel (CIRITH UNGOL, PAGAN ALTAR, SORTILEGE). It includes 8 songs, that follow the glorious tradition of acts such as HEAVY LOAD and THIN LIZZY, but also more obscure NWOBHM acts.

Album:

Classic and epic heavy metal band, Konquest have arrived to drag an old-school sound kicking and screaming into the year 2021. Their debut album, The Night Goes On will be released on January 8th 2020 via Iron Oxide Records.Crack out the tight leather pants and dust off that mullet. It’s time for something with classic metal meat to it. An 8-track album that is all kinds of catchy and rhythmic. Where the riffs spray off like the sweat from a boxer after he has been hit in the head in the 9th round. Where the percussion and bass are akin to a war beat announcing the arrival of an army of hairy head-bangers. While the vocals play their part as the call to arms, the demand to raise your fist in the air and thank the gods for heavy freaking metal.It’s as old-school as you can get but unlike many others who look to modernise the sound, Konquest do a solid job of it thanks to a super-clean production. You can hear every little nuance in this band’s energetic and feel-good heavy metal offering.Sure, it’s not likely to set the world alight but those hoping for a taste of a simpler time but still fresh and new will find themselves thoroughly enjoying what Konquest have to offer here.

Line-Up:

Alex Rossi - See also: Dragnet, Fate, ex-The Rottens, Carlos Dunga, Destinazione Finale, Iena, xDELOREANx, ex-Eleim

Tracklist:

01. Theme of the Konqueror
02. The Night Goes On
03. Too Late
04. Keep Me Alive
05. Fall of the Konqueror
06. Helding Back the Tears
07. Heavy Heart
08. The Vision




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Konquest - Time And Tyranny (2022)













Year : 2022
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 88 mb

Bio:

KONQUEST was founded in Prato in Italy in early 2020. What started as a solo project of Alex Rossi – who not only wrote all the music and lyrics, but also recorded all tracks on the debut album – quickly turned into regular band, ready to conquer the stages, and give fans what they love the most. Pure, epic and old school Heavy Metal!Their debut album entitled “The Night Goes On”, has been produced by Alex Rossi, and got mastering treatment by the Heavy Metal veteran Bart Gabriel (CIRITH UNGOL, PAGAN ALTAR, SORTILEGE). It includes 8 songs, that follow the glorious tradition of acts such as HEAVY LOAD and THIN LIZZY, but also more obscure NWOBHM acts.

Album:

Originating from Italy, KONQUEST is one of those bands that manage to stand out from the masses thanks to their debut album that was a great example of splendid and inspired songs consisted of powerful vocals and solid guitar work.While their first album was a sturdy thesis upon the classic HEAVY LOAD sound, this one tends to be a little different. And before you start sweating, no KONQUEST haven’t shifted towards modern sound, neither abolished their faith in HEAVY LOAD, instead they have let their other influences breathe new air into their music. And when I am talking about “other influences” I mean classic European metal acts, like very-very early PRETTY MAIDS, NWOBHM acts like IRON MAIDEN (Di’Anno era), late TANK, TORCH plus the Mausoleum gang: FAITHFUL BREATH, OSTROGOTH, CUTTY SARK, LION’S PRIDE etc.The call to arms, was heard and each one of the above legendary bands has laid a hand upon KONQUEST. The result can be heard on outstanding songs like “Time and tyranny”, “The light that fades again”, “Warrior from a future world”, all of them are fine examples of music diversity, straight and raging on one hand, melodic and epic on the other.It is amazing how this band has managed to absorb (not replicate) a whole arsenal of influences and create such an inspiring album, full of substantial music. With the spirit of HEAVY LOAD roaming through each song (due to the tone of the vocals) they manage to create an emotional and powerful atmosphere. The guitar work, is stellar, not flashy yet adequate with a few exceptional moments (“A Place I Call Home”) and the production is warm, organic with a live feeling. I emphasize on that, since most of the albums I come across these days suffer from compressed thin sound that makes songs sound feeble. Bart Gabriel have mastered the album offering the final touch that shaped a huge, heavy metal sound, absolutely suitable for the songs!KONQUEST have managed to make a step beyond their debut. The album is a small piece of Heavy Metal art, a fine example of how retro Metal should be heard nowadays. I’d dare to say that it’s essential for anyone into this kind of music. Alex Rossi is showing the way through his spiritual Metal child: If you put your heart and soul on your music, then the result would be magnificent. Well this is case for this album.

Line-Up:

Alex Rossi - See also: Dragnet, Fate, ex-The Rottens, Carlos Dunga, Destinazione Finale, Iena, xDELOREANx, ex-Eleim
Matt - guitar
Evan - bass
Steve - drums

Tracklist:

01. Relativity 01:54 instrumental
02. Time and Tyranny 05:22
03. Something in the Dark 04:47
04. The Light that Fades Again 04:56
05. A Place I Call Home 05:14
06. The Traveller 05:34
07. Enter the Warrior 00:59 instrumental
08. Warrior from a Future World 08:09




Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/