Bonfire - Fistful Of Fire (Digipak Edition) (2020)

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Bonfire - Fistful Of Fire (Digipak Edition) (2020)

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Bonfire - Fistful Of Fire (Digipak Edition) (2020)

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Year : 2020
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 161 mb


Bio:

Bonfire (originally Cacumen) is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire started 1986 from Cacumen where the members just changed the name into Bonfire because of the advice of the Record Company and the Management. The original founders Hans Ziller and Claus Lessmann are still in Bonfire and are the only ones who have the rights on the name Bonfire.Bonfire's worldwide debut album was released in June 1986 with the title Don't Touch the Light. During the recording of the follow-up album in May 1987, Hülshorst was fired due to musical differences and Bonfire proceeded to release their Gold seller album Fireworks as a quartet, with the drums played by Ken Mary from the American heavy metal band Fifth Angel.Two versions of this album exist, the worldwide version and the North American version, which cover features the four members and contains the song "You Make Me Feel" from the first album.Between the second and third albums, Bonfire went through many changes. Although Tommy Wagner filled the drum kit for a TV spot, the band needed a new full-time drummer, which appeared in December 1987, when Edgar Patrik from Sinner, Samson and Tyran Pace joined.In July 1988, during the Fireworks Tour, Maier had to leave due to his rheumatism becoming too much of a crippling factor to play guitar and be on stage. Taking his spot in August was Angel Schleifer, formerly of Doc Savage, Red Alert, Sinner, Mad Max, Pretty Maids and Helter Skelter.The tour went on and once it was completed, the band settled down to collaborate for a new album. It was then that Hans Ziller had problems with the record company and the band's management due in part to his family commitments at the time. Against the band's better decisions, he was fired from the group for not having his focus on the band and in June 1989 and Bonfire carried on as a quartet.It should be noted that Bonfire's first two albums were the only ones that were released commercially in North America.Despite the business decision, Lessmann and Ziller maintained a great friendship. When Ziller formed his own group, Lessmann was asked to write songs as well as perform vocals. The record company's policy did not allow him to do so, leaving Ziller the task to find a replacement singer for his new band, EZ Livin'.Bonfire playing at Global East Rock Festival 2010 The decision to remove Ziller from Bonfire began to show on Lessmann, who had remained in the band. After many attempts to break through in the North American scene and what he thought was a disappointing fourth album, Lessmann left the band on September 25, 1992.His announcement was not a total shock to the rest of the band, but it did leave them with the dilemma of who would take his place. One vocalist that had the group's attention was Michael Bormann, who was singing for Letter X and had his own side-group called Jaded Heart. Moreover, he was previously in High Voltage and the J.R. Blackmore Group. Even though he was willing to sing with Bonfire, he was committed to his other two projects so the group continued looking. The unsuccessful attempt to find a full-time vocalist led to Bormann becoming the new frontman of Bonfire in March 1993.Although he did leave Letter X, he maintained his band Jaded Heart.Despite the new singer, Bonfire were in a rut now. Their record company refused to release any new material that did not have Lessmann singing and the years of grunge music had started.The band felt that the end was in sight and released a live album featuring concert recordings from the Point Blank Tour with Lessmann on vocals. The album Bormann had sung on was shelved (but later released as a bootleg called Bonfire - End of an Era Demos) and Bonfire performed for the last time on July 29, 1994 without officially breaking up.While Bonfire was trying to carry on with their new lead vocalist, Lessmann and Ziller reunited in 1992 to form the project Lessmann/Ziller, after Hans Ziller had disbanded EZ Livin'. In 1993, they released the German sung EP Glaub Dran. The EP was followed by a few single releases of songs that were not on the initial recording. The project had limited success, not as was initially expected. In 1995, Lessmann/Ziller evolved to become a group called Ex, which in May featured Joerg Deisinger on bass and Dominik Hülshorst on drums, almost a reunion of the 1986 Bonfire line-up. EX was a good band, but Lensmann and Ziller realized that the only means of recapturing their old fan base was under the name Bonfire.In 1996, Lessmann and Ziller decided to start legal proceedings to get the rights to the Bonfire name as well as to the music from 1986 to 1992. On July 3, a one-time payment was made to the last Bonfire members of 1994 and Lensmann and Ziller renamed their Ex project to Bonfire. The second coming began with the reissue of Glaub Dran with other songs in English in 1996. In 1997 they hired Chris Lausmann on guitar and keyboards, who had played with Affair and Frontline; Uwe Kohler on bass, formally from Black Tears, Paradise Leaf, Big Apple, Lipstikk, Blitzkrieg and British Steel; and finally Jurgen Wiehler on drums, who had played with Backdoor Affair, Heaven Sent, Chain Reaction, Loud & Proud, EZ Livin', Parish Garden, Wet Paint and 88 Crash.Also in 1997, Michael Bormann and Angel Schleifer got back together and wanted to release the shelved Bonfire album they had recorded in 1993. Joerg Deisinger was not interested and Edgar Patrik had other commitments, so the reunion was only for the duo composed by Bormann and Schleifer. Because of the change of ownership for the Bonfire name, Bormann and Schleifer decided to call themselves Charade. The shelved album was released in 1998 in Japan, becoming a highly sought after CD. The partnership between Bormann and Schleifer ended in May 2011, releasing 2 albums in total.

Album:

Since formed, the combination of toughness and great melodies suites BONFIRE perfectly.The German Melodic Hard Rock Legends prove this with their newest studio album “Fistful Of Fire“, to be released April 3.The new record again has all trademarks typical to Bonfire: charismatic vocals, catchy riffs n’ hooks, and driving grooves. It features this very mix: throughout 11 songs (plus three intros) the band fires on all cylinders.“The Joker” with its soft acoustic intro and Peruvian pipes oozes from the speakers before turning up a notch with some sublime crunchy harmony guitars that is an instrumental intro which morphs into “Gotta Get Away,” a huge statement with its pounding drums, soaring vocals and although heavy it maintains a catchy melodic edge and yet another song in the BONFIRE cannon that the listener can quiet happily sing along to. I just love the way the 2 guitars intertwine and work together on the mid song instrumental section. Alexx Stahl has the vocal power that could flatten an army which is no more evident than on this opening track.“The Devil Made Me Do It” is a more up tempo number and a proper rocker, the sort of track that if you played it in your car you could easily get done for speeding. It’s pretty classy how at the beginning the guitars slowly peel off a short toned riff and those vocals fire up like a jet engine into a banshee scream. The song benefits from the gentle stabbing keyboards that underpin the whole track before it all winds down into a slower section where once again those guitars rip out in true Thin Lizzy style harmony.“Ride The Blade” showcases a solid no frills head down drum beat and chugging guitars, with its sturdy approach. I found this song to be one of the stand out moments showcasing a beautiful extended guitar break featuring both Hans Ziller and Frank Pane in total sync with each other. Marvellous stuff indeed.“When An Old Man Cries” is the stand alone ballad with hints of ‘Nothing else matters” intro, it slowly builds and builds into a monster track oozing both a low range vocal and filled to the brim with guitar licks a plenty underpinned with acoustic guitar, this is for me the centre piece of the whole album and at the 3 min 21 sec mark, the track soars to new heights. One of the best heartfelt rock anthems that BONFIRE have ever put their name to.“Rock’n’roll Survivors” is the first single lifted from the album and obviously picked for the fact that it’s a catchy track with its ‘fight for rock! chanting sections. A rally call of a track and another one of those songs that you know will just have to be played live.“Warrior” kick starts with a blanket of keyboards and straight into another short sharp blast of guitar, with a tempo that is calmer and more about the AOR. Again, this songs demonstrates the full range of what BONFIRE are capable of writing.With “Fire Etude” I was not expecting this not in a million years. This is a short sharp guitar instrumental, no additional guitars, no vocals, no bass just a guitar shredding the skin from your face. Immense is all I can say.Title track “A Fistful Of Fire” is a song with an important message regarding the continued abuse of our planet and the selfishness towards the next generation of kids that have got to pick up from the mess we have left them. Obviously with the lyrical content the music takes on a dramatic affect with the vocals being spat out with true meaning with Stahl doing his best to get the message across. This track demonstrates a touch of wah wah pedal that works so well along with a drum beat that pounds your senses into a pulp.“The Surge” is another one of those short instrumentals that slides head first into “Gloryland”. This is a song on a mission, shifting along like a runaway truck, this has everything and another call to arms for all the BONFIRE fans around the world so anthemic and overflowing with riffs and double kick drums an immense way to end the album.To close things we get an acoustic version of “When An Old Man Cries”. The band execute this so perfectly that the acoustic version sounds just as powerful as the earlier electric, such is the delivery and emotion.To wrap things up “A Fistful Of Fire” is something the group should be very proud of. This should be one of the heaviest BONFIRE albums ever, however always melodic and with that AOR touches the band is known for.The crunchy, peppered production fits like a glove these rocking songs. This baby rocks.

Line Up:

Alexx Stahl – lead vocals
Hans Ziller – guitars, backing vocals, sitar, slide guitar
Frank Pane – guitars, backing vocals
Ronnie Parkes – bass, backing vocals
Andre Hilgers – drums

Tracklist:

01. The Joker (01:29)
02. Gotta Get Away (05:30)
03. The Devil Made Me Do It (03:35)
04. Ride the Blade (04:23)
05. When an Old Man Cries (05:24)
06. Rock'n'roll Survivors (03:53)
07. Fire and Ice (04:00)
08. Warrior (03:35)
09. Fire Etude (01:21)
10. Breaking Out (04:26)
11. Fistful of Fire (04:02)
12. The Surge (01:10)
13. Gloryland (04:49)
14. When an Old Man Cries (Acoustic Version) (05:28)


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