GRAVE DIGGER - Liberty or Death
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 12.01.2007 RECORD COMPANY: Locomotive Music 8.0
METALFAN RATING: 8.7
USERS RATING: 6 votes
Top 2007: #71 |
Grave Digger LINE UP: Chris Boltendahl - voce; Manni Schmidt - chitara; H.P. Katzenburg - clape; Jens Becker - bas; Stefan Arnold - tobe |
TRACKLIST: 01.Liberty Or Death02.Ocean Of Blood03.Highland Tears04.Terrible One, The05.Until The Last King Died06.March Of The Innocent07.Silent Revolution08.Shadowland09.Forecourt To Hell10.Massada |
At their 14th album, Grave Digger keep walking the road they started with The Last Supper with medium tempo songs, with a rather dark atmosphere on Liberty or Death. The good part of this strategy is that, together with the voice Chris Boltendahl, they have managed to create a brand of sorts, in that you don’t need to recognize a song to know that it’s theirs. The bad part is they can get monotonous, not from lack of creative inspiration (the album is not repetitive), but from lack of speed. The only exceptions are Ocean Of Blood, The Terrible One (my favorite) and Shadowland in places. The rest are rather sedate, getting my attention only on Forecut to Hell; the others don’t say much – except that they cover a theme that has been used and overused and their lyrics are not exactly original: the same fight, liberty, blood, revolution, king and so on. Nothing new on the German front; this is an album that the fans of Grave Digger will surely dig, it will be accepted by heavy metal fans in general and will probably not make any particular impression on the rest of the metal crowd.
Mad Nota: 8
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L-am ascultat inca de la Craciun.m-au dezamagit.
Mie mi s-a parut mai bun decat The Last Supper. Un album reusit in care nu se observa ca au trecut mai mult de 25 de ani de la lansarea trupei. Nu atata de bun ca si Excalibur de pilda dar merita sa fie ascultat. E interesant faptul ca desi trupa isi pastreaza acelasi stil de foarte mult timp melodiile raman la fel de "catchy" si in albumul de fata.
Mie nu mi se pare ca tempoul lent constituie un dezavantaj. Spre deosebire de alte trupe power (Hammerfall de pilda) care nu reusesc sa compuna niste balade decente Grave Digger deseori straluceste la acest capitol - a se vedea "The House".