Iron Savior [Import]

Iron Savior [Import]

Track Listings

1. Arrival

2. Atlantis Falling

3. Brave New World

4. Iron Savior

5. Riding On Fire

6. Break It Up

7. Assailant

8. Children Of The Wasteland

9. Protect The Law

10. Watcher In The Sky

11. For The World

12. This Flight Tonight

13. Rage (Demo Verison)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track.

Tracks:

Running Riot
Omega Man
Flesh
Megatropolis
Cybernatic Queen
Cyber Hero
Tale From Down Below
Still I Believe
Hammerdown
Farewell And Good Bye
Iron Watcher

Album Details

2007 Japanese Release of the Sixth Album from the German Power Metal Group. This Edition Includes the Song "Iron Watcher" that Does Not Appear on the Us Equivalent Release.

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Megatropolis
Iron Savior
Manufacturer: Locomotive Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ROAM1Q
Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

Running Riot
The Omega Men
Flesh
Megatropolis
Cybernatic Queen
Cyber Hero
A Tale From Down Below
Still I Believe
Farewell And Good Bye

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Megatropolis
Iron Savior
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PWRCD6
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

Running Riot
Omega Men
Flesh
Megatropolis
Cybernatic Queen
Cyber Hero
Tale Form Down Below
Still I Believe
Farewell and Good Bye

Album Description

Iron Savior always present up to date Heavy Metal, as known from the genre's role models Judas Priest or Iron Maiden, yet keeping an unique and unmistakable edge. No flirts with other styles of music, no trips to pseudo-trendy fields, no giving in to lame music television's questionable requests, no guest musicians and no cheating with studio technology, just the essence of a strong band. The tag Iron Savior always guarantees pure Heavy Metal.

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Go Go POWER RANGERS!
How good can it get ?
How good can it get ?
Melodic Power Metal blasting the Hall of Fame..........
POWER METAL WITH INDIVIDUALITY

Unification
Iron Savior
Manufacturer: Noise
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Iron Savior
Interlude
Dark Assault
Battering Ram
Dark Assault

ASIN: B00000I7XL
Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

Coming Home
Starborn
Deadly Sleep
Forces Of Rage
Captain's Log
Brothers (Of The Past)
Eye To Eye
MInd Over Matter
Prisoner Of The Void
The Battle
Unchained
Forevermor
Gorgar (Vers. '98)
Neon Knights
Dragonslayer

Album Description

Second album by heavy metal superheros Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray/Helloween) and Piet Sielck (producer of Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray and Saxon). 15 tracks, including a cover of the Black Sabbath classic 'Neon Knights'. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

Go Go POWER RANGERS!.......2004-04-15

This whole album sounds like a (fictional) soundtrack to what a Power Rangers movie would sound like. At least the old Power Rangers theme. Its their best album though, Deadly Sleep and Forevermore are the best Kai Hansen songs in years.

How good can it get ?.......2002-09-03

This album is absolutely one of the best in its genre ,
no flaws or glitches , just straight ahead melodic metal
with guitar playing extraordinaire ( Kai Hansen from
Helloween .....) and singing by one of Germanys most
skilled and mature metal vocalists today ( which especially
will please those of you who get a headache from the
countless numbers of overpitched castrate singers in
power metal ).
Songwriting is top and the singalong potential is doubtless
comparative to Helloweens better albums , only Iron Saviour is
much more melodic and refined - really , really great !!!

How good can it get ?.......2002-09-03

This album is absolutely one of the best in its genre ,
no flaws or glitches , just straight ahead melodic metal
with guitar playing extraordinaire ( Kai Hansen from
Helloween .....) and singing by one of Germanys most
skilled and mature metal vocalists today (...).
Songwriting is top and the singalong potential is doubtless
comparative to Helloweens better albums , only Iron Saviour is
much more melodic and refined - really , really great !!!!!!!!

Melodic Power Metal blasting the Hall of Fame.................2002-06-28

oh - how do they do it ?
With Kai Hansen ( Helloween/Gamma Ray ) and Piet
Sielck behind the controls the expectations are
as high as ever ; but don't You think these guys still
manage to surprise with flying colours ?
Totally awesome. This is straight-ahead melodic power metal
that goes right to business without any fuzz or progressive
elements ; just catchy riffs and killer choruses en masse - and
boy do they do it well.....
All tracks are great ; and I don't agree that Hansens 98' version
of " Gorgar " ist that bad. But best tracks are the first
five. This is a CD that puts fast melodic metal right back at the pedestal that so many failed to reach....
My only ( this will upset people ) remark would be ; why don't
they let Hansen sing more ; I think he is every bit as good as
Sielck ( which by the way is a outstanding songwriter ).
Those who praise the good old days of NWOBHM back
in the eighties should lend Unification their attention and
realize that this that kind of music taken to it's absolute
optimus and adjusted to the speed and compact melodies that
signify modern european/german power metal....
Great !

POWER METAL WITH INDIVIDUALITY.......2001-08-10

GREAT POWER METAL. PAY ATTENTION AND FEEL THE UNIQUENESS. THESE ARE NOT GAMMAY RAY, BLIND GUARDIAN, GRAVEDIGGER LEFTOVERS. THIS IS A LANDMARK ALBUM WITH ALL AROUND GREAT MUSICIANSHIP, LYRICS AND STORY LINE.

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Condition Red
Iron Savior
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ASIN: B000KN99B8
Release Date: 2007-02-27

Tracks:

Titans of Our Time
Protector
Ironbound
Condition Red
Warrior
Mindfeeder
Walls of Fire
Tales of the Bold
I Will Be There [Ltd. Edition][*]
No Heroes
Paradies
Thunderbird
Crazy [Ltd. Edition][*]

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Dark Assault
Iron Savior
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
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ASIN: B000056BKT
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

Never Say Die [Album Version]
Seek and Destroy
Solar Wings
I've Been to Hell [Album Version]
Dragons Rising
Predators
Made of Metal
Firing the Guns
Eye of the World
Back into the Light
After the War
Delivering the Goods [Judas Priest]

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Solid Slab Of Metal
Yield To The Battering Ram Of The Iron Savior
Metalic Masters of Power Metal
What happened to the IRON SAVIOR?

Battering Ram
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Manufacturer: Noise
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ASIN: B00028HP3K
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

Battering Ram
Stand Against The King
Tyranny Of Steel
Time Will Tell
Wings Of Deliverance
Break The Curse
Riding Free
Starchaser
Machine World
H.M. Powered Man

Customer Reviews:

Solid Slab Of Metal.......2005-01-19

This is not my favorite Iron Savior release but it is solid as expected. This time around Piet seems to be building less speed songs and instead adding a few mid-tempo, more rock oriented songs. It's still pure metal just not all speed metal. I personally like Dark Assault the best of the Iron Savior releases but generally I like all the IS releases fairly equally.

Here is my song review:

Battering Ram - Strong opening song. Heavy and fast. 8/10

Stand Against The King - Good fast song but I don't like the chorus that well. Music is good though. 6/10.

Tyranny Of Steel - Great fast song with good chorus. 8/10

Time Will Tell - Mid/Fast tempo song. One of the better 8/10

Wings Of Deliverance - Songs very similar to Judas Priest's classic song Desert Plains. Same use of sound effects on the vocals. A very good song sounding like classic Judas Priest. 8/10

Break The Curse - Mid tempo stomper. A bit progressive with a terrible chorus. A filler song. 1/10

Riding Free - Really fast butt kicker in the typical vein of Iron Savior classics. One of the best songs for sure. 8.5/10

Starchaser - Powerful mid tempo song with not a great chorus. Better than filler but not a standout. 5/10

Machine World - IS rips off a couple lyrical lines from Judas Priest here. This song has some really great parts to it although the chorus is a bit weak. I still like it a lot though. 8/10

Heavy Metal Powered Man - A typical waste of time rah rah for heavy metal song. Kind of a rock/metal feel to it. Not my bag at all but not terrible. 4/10

I guess you can see there is not any super standout tracks on this release but then again Iron Savior is generally more solid than standout. You get what you pay for. Solid heavy metal played the old school way but with also has a modern production and speed. To say 4 stars is reasonable but 5 would definitely without question be a stretch.

Yield To The Battering Ram Of The Iron Savior.......2004-12-31

From www.MaximumMetal.com

This CD starts off with a bang that instantly gets you into the groove of the music. While Iron Savior has been around for a few albums already I have not had any exposure to them so I was not certain what to expect from them with this release. However, loading "Battering Ram" into the CD player did not give me any disappointment. One thing that stands out on this CD in particular is that it is a definite homage to the early power metal that came before it. Heavy tracks with excellent guitars and drums and vocal lines that make you raise your voices and fists into the air. There are also a wide variety of styles going through the piece, not all numbers are fast. One or two of them have a Judas Priest feel while others could be a Motley Crue track if done by those bands. Not bad comparisons.

Standout tracks for me are definitely the first three numbers on the CD. The lineup for this release is Piet Sielck (guitar, lead vocals), Yenz Leonhardt (bass & backing vocals), Joachim "Piesel" Küstner (guitars & backing vocals), Thomas Nack (drums & percussion). The vocals don't lose a step throughout the whole piece and the backups prompt you to sing along. The guitar work is clean and enjoyable. Not over the top with lead riffs, only where they are best suited. The drumming is steady and rumbles throughout. A nice clean production overall.

I mentioned earlier how I was not educated in the back catalog. This does not change the high number I have given this CD. It is good enough for the new listener and a must have for the die hard fan. This is also a great piece for someone who is looking for a solid piece of metal to enjoy. Noise records has been doing some good for the forces of metal and this is another good one. Check it out.

Metalic Masters of Power Metal.......2004-11-14

Contrary to what many have said this CD more than lives up to Iron Savior's previous works, in fact I would say Battering Ram displays how they have matured. If I were to rate individual songs I would award them point thusly:
1.) Battering Ram 8.5/10 A nice opening track, that pulls you in.
2.) Stand Against the King 9/10 Great track about, well quite obviously overthrowing a tyrannical king.
3.) Tyranny of Steel 8/10 This song reminds me of the Matrix in that Humans have become enslaved by Machines
4.) Time Will Tell 10/10 A great fast song that demonstrates their skill.
5.) Wings of Deliverance 9/10 A slower song, that is nonetheless great.
6.) Break the Curse 7/10 This is Probably my least favorite song on the CD, though it has some nice solo work.
7.) Riding Free 10/10 My favorite song on the album, it's a very fast song about breaking free from this world of terror and violence.
8.) Starchaser 9.5/10 This is another great song typical to Iron Savior.
9.) Machine World 8/10 This is song is a little darker sounding that their previous songs.
10.) H.M. Powered Man 9/10 A very nice closing track, about the singer/guitarist's destiny to play Metal.

Overall this is a great album, one of their best in my opinion, and displays their immense skill at writing power metal songs.

What happened to the IRON SAVIOR?.......2004-09-16

I've been an Iron Savior fan since they released their first album. Now it's the time for their new-brand-2004 album "Battering Ram". What the title in the review says is what surprised me most of this record. What happened to the Calderans, Atlantis, the bio-unit and all the imaginary world in the Iron Savior story, that has delighted us release after release?. Where have the drawings of spaceships and artworks of intergalactical wars gone? I don't know. There is no trace in this record of THE Iron Savior (the vessel), what is really surprising, because it has been the band's basement. Lyrically and musically, the album is 100% the usual Iron Savior. Catchy choruses, screaming guitar-riffing and punishing drums, in charge of the always-reliable Thomas Nack, along with the pounding sound typically of power metal and Iron Savior.

Now let's go to the 3-star deal. I'm terribly sorry to disagree with the other reviewer. I think the album lacks of good ideas. It's a little repetitive sometimes. It's a good record. But after listening to it, I felt that Piet Sielck could have given a lot more creatively speaking. There are lost of cliches in the album, that will remind you songs from their previous releases. And the repetition before mentioned is not along the album, but along their career. Piet couldn't manage to deliver an album full of fresh, new and innovative ideas. He did his job and that's it, period.
And it has nothing to do with Kai Hansen's departure. Because, ironically, when Kai left the band, Iron Savior released one of their best albums "Condition Red". But Kai never contributed much to the band though, except for a couple of songs and solos. All the job has always been in Piet's hands.

The lyrics talk about Iron Savior usual topics: wars, machines, freedom, robots, heavy metal and stuff, except for the IRON SAVIOR that is not mentioned anywhere. The music? Don't get me wrong. Is a good album in general. But if you look back to what they've done in the past, "Battering Ram" sounds like a repetition of their previous releases.

The album combines high and low points. The highest ones would be "Time will tell", with a great chorus and "Riding free", very powerful and intense, which I think should have been the opening song of the album. Then, I'd recommend the last two songs "Machine World", a slow-paced song with cool riffs in the background, and "H.M.Powered Man", the album's hymn to heavy metal. On the other hand, you have songs, that shine for their lack of brilliance like "Wings of Deliverance", " Break the curse" or "Starchaser", sounding a little dull sometimes.

I'm the kind of fan that asks for more on every release, so that's why I had my expectations so up high after "Condition Red". The simplicity in the booklet, the fact that the album has only 10 songs (we are used to 12 or 13 songs; and the number of songs had nothing to do with the quality of the music; in this case the quality of compositions does not compensate the lack of songs) makes me feel a little disappointed, because it could have been better, and when I push play on my cd player, it hurts me to go directly to the fourth song "Time will tell". Could you imagine doing that in "Condition Red" or "Unification", missing anthems sich as "Titans of our time", or "Coming home"?. Of course not.

What does this album have that we hadn't heard before?.
I'm afraid "Battering Ram" sounds like a compilation of old riffs, with scarce moments of their remarkable brilliance. I take it as a huge bad step, giving them credit and hoping the next one to be a better album than this one. As I said before, I stay with "Condition Red" or "Unification".