Forged By Fire [Import]

Forged By Fire [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese pressing includes one bonus track, 'I Confide'. 11 tracks in all. EMI. 2004.

Tracks:

Kill To Live
Beware The Beast
Tyranny
The Forgotten Memory
Hate World Hero
Escape From Tomorrow
Feast Of The Savages
Burn In Hell
Perished In Flames
Land Of Eternity

Customer Reviews:

Strong melodic metal.......2007-06-14

At first I found Firewind to sound like a lot of other metal bands and was thinking of giving it 3 stars. But on the second and third listens I changed my opinion. There are some excellent riffs here and overall very good guitar playing. The solos are pretty standard from song to song but it's made up for by the band as a whole sounding so good together. Another reviewer's suggestion that the singer sounds like Klaus Meine from the Scorpions is dead on. I thought the vocals got a little buried in the mix and could have been brought forward more. It took a few times through the CD, but Firewind finally caught my attention with Hate World Hero, Brother's Keeper and Perished in Flames being favorites.

Generic trash.......2006-07-29

So here it is, a firewind album. Why I give it two stars? Well maybe a certain creativity is missing. It may be spectacular in the late early 80's but definitley not now. I am giving this two stars because they had a cool album cover. But, if you like Hammerfall and all that talentless [...] then you'll love firewind.

riffingly good.......2005-12-12

Nice speedy power metal with riffs galore. Gus is a master of the axe and the band is really solid. A must have if you like power metal done traditionally with modern sounds and playing. The singer has a great voice and check out his other band, Midnight Agony.

Pretty close to being a epic record........2005-08-30

The lead singer has a David Coverdale/Klaus from Scorpions type voice. Lots of Zakk Wylde/Malmstein type riffs. Solid drumming,keyboards and big choruses. Also a guest solo from James Murphy and Marty Freidman help add the kick butt factor as well. Maybe if there was like one or two more songs and one of them was blistering fast then it would probably be a 5 star album. Get this. Itll take a few listens to get use to it but its great power metal. GuS G never fails to please. Beware The Beat, Tyranny , and Land Of Eternity are my favs.

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Forged by Fire
Firewind
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00061QXJK
Release Date: 2005-01-05

Album Description

Japanese pressing includes one bonus track, 'I Confide'. 11 tracks in all. EMI. 2004.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track: 'i Confide'.

Average customer rating:

Still on the right path
GUS G. IS THE MAN, AGAIN
The good of the new, and the loss of the old

Forged by Fire
Firewind
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000766Y6G
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Kill to Live
Beware the Beast
Tyranny
Forgotten Memory
Hate World Hero
Escape from Tomorrow
Feast of the Savages
Burn in Hell
Perished in Flames
Land of Eternity
Tyranny [CD-ROM Track]
Making Of/Burning the Earth Live [CD-ROM Track]

Album Description

Greek melodic power metal band Firewind strikes back with their third and strongest offering to date. 'Forged By Fire' marks their Century Media debut recording after the previous, highly acclaimed albums Between Heaven And Hell and Burning Earth. Century Media. 2005.

Album Details

Their Thrid Release but First on the Century Media Label. This is Excellent, the Guitarist Shreds, the Vocalist Has the 100db Scream that Will Attract and Bring Ll the Rockers Over to the Progressive Side for this One.

Customer Reviews:

Still on the right path.......2005-06-25

Gus G.continues to churn out quality music that show his roots to the past metal gods, while putting his own stamp on metal's future. Firewind continue to play clear,aggressive,melodic, heavy metal at all tempos. The CD features shred guitar sound with a singer who sings at a mid to high level pitch,while the songs feature good tempo changes along with strong melody. Top tracks for me are "Tyranny" which is a mid paced driver with a chorus that will make you put your fist in the air and sing along. "Can't Escape from Tommorrow" is a superb rocker that starts up tempo,then kicks into a higher gear for the chorus, which blisters. All in all this is top quality metal that should lead the way for metal to make it's comeback.

GUS G. IS THE MAN, AGAIN.......2005-04-03

AS OF THIS REVIEW, I WILL HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH THE ONE REVIEWER BEFORE ME, THIS RELEASE IS KILLER. YES THE VOCALIST IS DIFFERENT BUT NOT AT ALL AS BAD AS WAS MENTIONED. CHITY IS AN AWESOME VOCALIST, AS WAS STEPHEN BEFORE HIM. GUS G STATES IN AN INTERVIEW THAT CHITY REMINDS HIM OF ONE OF HIS FAVORITE VOCALIST, KLAUSE MIENE OF THE SCORPIONS. SO DONT WORRY, THE VOCALS, AS WELL AS GUS G'S POWER SHRED, ARE TOP NOTCH. THE CD ITSELF IS HEAVY POWER METAL WITH GREAT SONGS AND A-ONE PRODUCTION. MARTY FRIEDMAN AND JAMES MURPHY MAKE GUEST APPEARANCES ON ONE SONG EACH, WHICH IS A TRIBUTE TO GUS G'S APPRECIATION OF METAL ROOTS. ONE OF THE BEST OF THE YEAR.

The good of the new, and the loss of the old.......2005-03-20

First, the most noticeable is a lineup change. New vocals, Chity Sompala. Stephen was a better vocalist, he's more raspy : clear : and determined. While Chity sings of similiar style, he lacks power and sounds rather backwashed or gargled. It's almost as if he's trying to sing in a style he's not comfortable with, or even a language he's not comfortable with. I dislike the new vocals. That loses points. They've gotten a new keyboardist, and thankfully you'll find keyboards do not take center stage. Some bands these days abuse the hell out of keys, and even, *gasp* give them their own solos (Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Children of Bodom as some bands that abuse keys). So you'll be happy to hear the keyboards give it a great touch without taking away from the highlight of all firewind albums: Gus G. Gus is also the man behind Dream Evil's great riff work. In this 3rd offering Gus does not fail, he's just as technical / fast as he wants to be / creative / and heavy as always.

So in final regards, the playing in this album matches well and doesn't fall behind any of their other releases, but the vocals are a step / possibly even a big step backward. Their "Burning Earth" album is a better purchase, but this isn't that bad by any means.

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Forged By Fire
Firewind
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LX84GS