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<\/a><\/p>\nBlessed indeed I am to have the opportunity to listen to the new Powerwolf album and to write a review. After listening several times, indeed I am possessed by the gospel\u00a0Atilla Dorn is again preaching on this\u00a0album. Perhaps it would be a nice contest for our readers to mail me how many amens and Hallelujas you count in the eleven songs. This all with a big blink off course because I don’t think the Wolves will be sitting in the front seats in church every Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Last month I went to Dokk\u00a0’em Open Air and the band I enjoyed the most that\u00a0day was Powerwolf.\u00a0Singer Atilla is a real entertainer and together with the other bandmembers\u00a0they really deliver.\u00a0It all sounds great and the band knows how to enjoy the crowd and Atilla sings live as good as on the album and that can not be said about a lot of other metal performers. For a lot Powerwolf will be over the top, too bombastic, too much gimmick, too much show, too catchy etc. etc. They are the superlative of Sabaton and you just love that or hate that.\u00a0You already guessed that I’m a member of the first group.<\/p>\n
Everything you like from the band is on the new album, if you like\u00a0the last 2 albums ‘Preachers of the Night’ and ‘Blood of the\u00a0Saints’, you will not complain. Catchy refrains,\u00a0ceremonial singing, bombast and with well\u00a0produced power metal as a base. Fast opener “Blessed & Possessed” sets the mark for the album, it isn’t easy\u00a0not to sing a long with the refrain\u00a0banging with\u00a0your fist in the air. The next track is again fast and underlines that the formula the band uses still works. With “Army of the Night” the tempo slows down a bit. On this song the church organ played by Falk Maria Schlegel really surfaces. The best song in my humble opinion is “Armata Strigoi”, it is all the band\u00a0stands\u00a0for. I’m not\u00a0going to explain to you why, but its a real\u00a0anthem with all the Powerwolf elements embedded. After that “We\u00a0Are the Wild” sounds a bit too clich\u00e9\u00a0and average, but that is more because “Armata” is such a strong track. The song quality increases again With “Higher Than Heaven”\u00a0and they continue with tracks on that high level\u00a0until the end.<\/p>\n
Here my lecture ends\u00a0dear brothers and sisters, may the force be with you. Halleluja, Amen!<\/p>\n