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Victory - Fuel To The Fire review



Reviewer:
7.5

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Band: Victory
Album: Fuel To The Fire
Release date: January 2006


01. Standing Like A Rock
02. Don't Tell No Lies
03. Take The Pace
04. Running Scared
05. Temples Of Gold
06. Rock The Neighbours
07. I Felt It Coming
08. Backseat Rider
09. Rock 'N' Roll Kids
10. Rebel Ready
11. On The Loose
12. Check's In The Mail
13. So They Run

Fueling the Nostalgia

Rejoice Old-Schoolers! The joys of traditional Metal are here! A revamped collection of songs from the classic German band Victory is here, all handled by a new vocalist, Jioti Parcharidis of Human Fortress fame.

"Fuel To The Fire" contains songs from each album of the prolific career of the German combo, the new vocalist does a terrific job handling the vox duties, he has a powerful, cheese-free timbre, which does wonders for the overall sound of the band. Is not really that hard to imagine how does this band sounds, classic Heavy Metal with Hard Rock injections all over the place.

Guitar work is quite impressive, and the production as well, the Cd sounds incredible, is like listening your favorite songs from your childhood, without the crappy sound of the recordings back then.

Songs like "Running Scared" the groovy "Rock N' Roll Kids" and Rebel Ready" will appeal all traditional heavy fans, don't forget to check out the album openers, "Standing Like A Rock" and "Don't Tell No Lies". The only original song recorded for this album is "I Felt It Coming".

Maybe the music of Victory is kinda of dated for these times, but the nostalgic value is worth the listen, besides that the sound is quite good as I stated before.
If you don't know the band, I guess this album is a perfect starting point, if you do know the band, well, this is the perfect chance to listen those classic Victory tunes that you love, with a proper facelift. Just a matter of tastes I assume.

Written by Undercraft | 24.01.2006



Staff review by
Jeff
Rating:
7.5
Apparently, it's really hard nowadays to find the old albums of the Hard Rock German legend Victory. The band wanted to re-release their albums but they never had the luck to do it (you know how labels can be sometime?) and they decided to re-record their favorite songs (let say their classics) on a new release (a compilation actually), "Fuel To The Fire". If you want to discover this band or just want to have the luck to listen to some of their great songs with a good new recording, please have a look on this CD.

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