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Rage - Strings To A Web
5 February 2010
Disc I [Strings To A Web]
01. The Edge Of Darkness
02. Hunter And Prey
03. Into The Light
04. The Beggar's Last Dime
05. Empty Hollow
06. Strings To A Web
07. Fatal Grace
08. Connected
09. Empty Hollow (reprise)
10. Saviour Of The Dead
11. Hellgirl
12. Purified
13. Through Ages
14. Tomorrow Never Comes
Disc II [Bonus DVD: Live at Wacken 2009]
01. Carved In Stone
02. Higher Than The Sky
03. Set This World On Fire [feat. Hansi Kürsch]
04. All I Want [feat. Hansi Kürsch]
05. Invisible Horizons [feat. Hansi Kürsch]
06. Lord Of The Flies [feat. Jen Majura]
07. From The Cradle To The Grave [feat. Jen Majura]
08. Prayers Of Steel [feat. Schmier]
09. Suicide [feat. Schmier]
10. Down [feat. Schmier]
11. Soundchaser
12. Set This World On Fire [Live at Masters of Rock 2009]
13. All I Want [Live at Masters of Rock 2009]
14. Carved In Stone [Live in Sofia 2009]
15. Never Give Up [Rage Race Special]
Heavy metal
Nuclear Blast
Germany
Length: 55:00
Rage are back with their fruitiest album since Soundchaser. Strings To A Web is a much more relaxed, fun and overall enjoyable album than the band's previous album Carved In Stone, which was much more to-the-point and no nonsense.
The band have found their flair once more and are back to terrorize your ears with some sugary, manly, heavy metal. In truth Strings To A Web is a melodic metal album that visits traditional heavy metal, power metal and also touches on the progressive for a few moments.
All the Rage hallmarks are present. The three-piece have crafted another quality album with its catchy choruses such as the great "Into The Light" and "Hellgirl", lots of heavier moments, and the pleasant surprise of the slightly progressive interlude in the middle of the "Empty Hollow" song. These three majestic short songs in here show a different side to Rage they really should show off more often.
This is Rage in great form, and this is a memorable album, but apart from being an above average Rage album, no barriers are broken down here. Those familiar with Rage will probably have an idea of just how Strings To A Web sounds. Although the music is good, this band just seem to be one of those that never seem to evolve too far away from their core sound.
Either way, the band appears to be in a much lighter mood than the last album, and this makes for enjoyable listening. These Germans have constructed an album to be proud of, and an album that will stick out as one of the best and most accessible of all the staggering twenty the band now have to their name. A great album worth your time.
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Written on 05.02.2010 by
Baz Anderson
Member of Staff since 2006.
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Seems promising. I'll definitely check this new album out, as I really like this band, and your review suggests that Rage fans won't be disappointed.
There seems to be some good live songs featured on the bonus DVD, too... But really it's the new material I'm most keen to listen to. Peavy has such a great sense of vocal melody. |
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 Kamil - 06.02.2010 at 11:49
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This is definately stuff, which I wanted to hear on Carved In Stone.
STAW is very solid and refreshing stuff 
Wanna listen real power metal, not some flower from freedom call? You have to check this album  |
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| I thought it's considerably better than Freedom Call's "Legend of the Shadowking" |
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Kamil - 06.02.2010 at 14:06
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Written by Ag Fox on 06.02.2010 at 13:31
I thought it's considerably better than Freedom Call's "Legend of the Shadowking"
Me too.
Unfortunately some people are thinking otherwise  This just isn't only a matter of taste in this case. |
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Written by Kamil on 06.02.2010 at 14:06
Unfortunately some people are thinking otherwise This just isn't only a matter of taste in this case.
Haha, so please enlighten me as to what it is, if not a case of subjective, personal taste... |
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Kamil - 06.02.2010 at 15:41
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Mmmm 
Rationality  |
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Uffff... boring album this one is...........  |
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| Well, another year, another Rage album... fans of the band are surely masturbating right now, well, they have lots of material to do so. |
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| The album is an 8.8 for me. |
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cj246 - 09.02.2010 at 09:33
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| I dont like ths album either its so boring and plain i didnt enjoy it |
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JÄY - 17.02.2010 at 20:52
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Never heard of this band until yesterday....listened to this album and its great!
power metal with balls...and great choruses |
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| WTF!!is this their 20th album??what!! |
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