┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Battle Beast - Unholy Savior + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Rls Date..2020-04-29 Encoder......LAME 3.100 -V0 ║ │ │║ Genre.....Metal Graber.......Adobe Audition CC ║ │ │║ Year......2015 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper....The_Pariarch Songs........12 ║ │ │║ Source....LP Covers.......Yes ║ │ │║ Url..http://https://battlebeast.fi/ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Battle Beast ║ │ │║ Album : Unholy Savior ║ │ │║ Label : Nuclear Blast ║ │ │║ Cat.No : NB 3407-1 ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ There are two extremes in opinion regarding the direction a ║ │ │║ band should take, nay, even on the direction that the ║ │ │║ entire genre should take. One position asserts that all ║ │ │║ change is good, while the other claims that living in the ║ │ │║ past is the way to go. But for most normal people, there is ║ │ │║ a happy medium that is actually a little hard to define, in ║ │ │║ part because of the wide array of possibilities between ║ │ │║ these two ridiculous fringe positions. Arguably one of the ║ │ │║ riskier paths within this wide area of evolutionary ║ │ │║ ambiguity is the taking two otherwise contradictory ideas ║ │ │║ and melding them together into a new style, namely pop ║ │ │║ music and metal. In this context, Battle Beast finds itself ║ │ │║ in the unique situation of being a throwback to another ║ │ │║ era, while also melding together two antagonistic styles ║ │ │║ from the same era into one. With an eye for the early 80s ║ │ │║ and a recurring thematic homage to the Al Pacino remake of ║ │ │║ "Scarface", this band of Finnish heavy metal revivalists ║ │ │║ have taken a consistent, yet also divergent path when ║ │ │║ compared with their seminal sophomore LP. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ While the proportions of what makes up Unholy Savior are a ║ │ │║ departure from the Accept meets Warlock with a tall order ║ │ │║ of Judas Priest that was Battle Beast, stylistically this ║ │ │║ is very much the same beast. The songs are catchy almost to ║ │ │║ the point of being obnoxiously so, vocal impresario Noora ║ │ │║ Louhimo perfectly balances out the grit and edge of Doro ║ │ │║ Pesch with a far cleaner and serene angelic croon in a more ║ │ │║ even handed way, and the guitar solos flow like a stream of ║ │ │║ progressive shred worship and occasionally hatch a ║ │ │║ consonant melody. Similarly, the keyboards set up a fairly ║ │ │║ unique atmospheric and occasional dance music element for ║ │ │║ contrast, and the whole production job is basically fit for ║ │ │║ an arena packed to capacity with fist-pumping metal ║ │ │║ maniacs. Essentially, the only thing that steals this ║ │ │║ album's thunder compared to its predecessor is a great ║ │ │║ amount of ballad material and a shortage of mid-tempo work ║ │ │║ to balance out the extremes of fast and slow that would ║ │ │║ cause most to mistake this for an early 2000s speed/power ║ │ │║ metal work out of Germany with extra keyboards. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ If it weren't for the aforementioned pacing issues and a ║ │ │║ somewhat uneven ordering in quality within the songs, this ║ │ │║ album would be a near carbon copy of greatness in the vain ║ │ │║ of its predecessor. It starts off in true triumphant form ║ │ │║ with a speeding fit of majesty in "Lionheart", which is ║ │ │║ followed by two near equally catchy if slightly slower ║ │ │║ cruisers in "Unholy Savior" and "Madness", split apart by ║ │ │║ one of this album's two lone mid-tempo crunch fests "I Want ║ │ │║ The World...And Everything In It", which reminds heavily of ║ │ │║ mid 80s WASP stylistically (minus the keyboards) and ║ │ │║ features a famous Al Pacino quote containing the song's ║ │ │║ title. After these first few songs, things kind of shift ║ │ │║ back and forth between being either ferociously powerful ║ │ │║ like on "Speed And Danger", one of the numerous stops into ║ │ │║ ballad territory, of which "Touch In The Night" is the ║ │ │║ strongest and the most dance music infused, and a series of ║ │ │║ shorter half-length songs that throw the overall flow of ║ │ │║ things off a bit. Individually there is no song on here ║ │ │║ that degenerates into drivel, but this album doesn't really ║ │ │║ lend itself to an uninterrupted like its predecessor did. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ On its own, the original material on here can be described ║ │ │║ as ranging from astounding to reasonably good, but the ║ │ │║ album is given a sizable boost by the two cover songs found ║ │ │║ on the Japanese version. While the resulting sound of this ║ │ │║ album is a bit closer to a Primal Fear meets Iron Savior ║ │ │║ feel with a few more traditional trappings and 80s pop ║ │ │║ elements, the inclusion of WASP's "Wild Child" definitely ║ │ │║ helps bring out the older style that had previously ║ │ │║ dominated this band's sound, while also morphing into ║ │ │║ something that's definitely more modern and power metal ║ │ │║ oriented. By way of contrast, the cover of "Push It To The ║ │ │║ Limit" (another shameless nod to "Scarface") highlights the ║ │ │║ compatibility that exists between early 80s pop/new wave ║ │ │║ and heavy metal that a lot of people still don't feel ║ │ │║ comfortable acknowledging, particularly when dressed up ║ │ │║ with some flashy lead guitar gymnastics. This is more of a ║ │ │║ solid, get the job done kind of album when compared to ║ │ │║ Battle Beast, but most that have already fallen for this ║ │ │║ band's peculiar niche should be satisfied with the results ║ │ │║ here. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 1. Lionheart 4:54 │ │ 2. Unholy Savior 5:38 │ │ 3. I Want The World... And Everything In It 4:37 │ │ 4. Madness 4:02 │ │ 5. Sea Of Dreams 5:02 │ │ 6. Speed And Danger 4:41 │ │ 7. Touch In The Night 4:34 │ │ 8. The Black Swordsman 1:15 │ │ 9. Hero's Quest 2:32 │ │ 10. Far Far Away 3:46 │ │ 11. Angel Cry 3:36 │ │ 12. Push It To The Limit (Paul Engemann Cover) 3:21 │ │ │ │ │ │ Total Length : 00:47:58 │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘