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Nightingale - Retribution



8.2 | 157 votes |
Release date: 10 November 2014
Style: Progressive metal

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109 have it
21 want it


01. On Stolen Wings
02. Lucifer's Lament
03. Chasing The Storm Away
04. Warriors Of The Dawn
05. Forevermore
06. Divided I Fall
07. The Voyage Of Endurance
08. 27 (Curse Or Coincidence?)
09. The Maze
10. Echoes Of A Dream

The Best Hard Rock Album Of 2014

Additional info
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Dan Swanö.
Cover art and photography by Travis Smith, Thomas Ewerhard and Eva Maria Swanö.

Staff review by
Ivor
Rating:
N/A
A new Nightingale album has taken a long time to see daylight. To me it's at least 3-4 years overdue. Ever since Swanö hinted at it being in the works I've been impatiently waiting for a release date. As days, weeks, months and years went by, I started filing the scarce news of its progress under speculative fiction and fantasy. I was slowly starting to think of it as a vapourtune.

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published 16.12.2014 | Comments (8)

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Comments: 14   Visited by: 594 users
09.10.2014 - 15:42
Rating: 9
Kuroboshi

What??? OMG, I'm so happy.
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09.10.2014 - 16:38
Zap
Guest
I'm definitely curious for this.
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09.10.2014 - 22:24
Nishant Pal

After so many years..!!!
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09.11.2014 - 23:19
Rating: 9
Lokasenna

"Amazing" doesn't even feel like a good enough word for Swano albums anymore. It's appropriate that there's a song about Robert Johnson on here ("27"), because Dan must have made a deal with someone to have this much talent.

He's said that this album is more 80s than the last one, and I'd agree - some nice synth work going on, and a slightly wetter mix than the last couple. The rerecording of "Glory Days" from Nightfall Overture would be a good comparison.

The material took me a couple of listens to really get into, since the songs don't all have big hooks like some of Nightingale's previous stuff, but even on first-listen it was all really solid. "Lucifer's Lament", "Forevermore", and "27" are definite highlights.
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10.11.2014 - 22:43
Rating: 9
qnick90

Best Nightingale album so far! It sounds so "classic" I am enjoying every track
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11.11.2014 - 01:44
Rating: 9
knightlightning

overwhelmingly well done, I'm speechless!
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14.11.2014 - 22:27
Gelati

Maybe the best prog rock album this year? The vocals are the real highlight here to me. Not a lot of overflashy instrumental wankery throughout the album. It can sound a bit cheesy at times but there is a certain conciseness to this album. There's no extra, just what needs to be there. Very nice. I'll be spinning this one a bunch more for sure.
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21.11.2014 - 13:05
Rating: 9
Spacerunner

What a nice surprise.
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25.11.2014 - 15:54
Frodd
Account deleted
This shit is some of his best
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20.12.2014 - 07:22
Rating: 9
Kuroboshi

Only beaten by the Crimson albums and Alive Again. Really, I worship his voice. Many people complain that there's nothing really new here, and perhaps that's true, but it's one of the most rocking albums I've heard. The melodies are just... awesome.
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03.01.2015 - 11:54
Joe Zombie

This album marks the first time I have listened to these guys and I'm thoroughly impressed. Its always nice to listen to some prog music that isn't totally overbearing and pretentious with drawn out compositions. Every track here is great. Some of my favorites: Lucifer's Lament, Chasing the Storm Away, Divided I Fall.
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05.02.2015 - 08:44
Rating: 8
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Very 80s sounding.
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"Another day, another Doug."
"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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08.03.2015 - 14:27
Rating: 10
lord artan

It's masterpiece
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09.04.2015 - 09:16
Rating: 8
yeah1980

Maybe I'm too much in love with White Darkness, but prefer it to this last one.
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"Be water, my friend" (Bruce Lee)
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