Kiuas - Reformation
| Release date: | 24 May 2006 |
| Style: | Power metal |
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01. Race With The Falcons
02. Through The Ice Age
03. The New Chapter
04. Of Ancient Wounds
05. Child Of Cimmeria
06. Black Winged Goddess
07. Heart Of The Serpent
08. Bleeding Strings
09. Call Of The Horns
10. Reformation
11. Hunting Girl [Jethro Tull cover] [Japanese bonus]
02. Through The Ice Age
03. The New Chapter
04. Of Ancient Wounds
05. Child Of Cimmeria
06. Black Winged Goddess
07. Heart Of The Serpent
08. Bleeding Strings
09. Call Of The Horns
10. Reformation
11. Hunting Girl [Jethro Tull cover] [Japanese bonus]
Review
Lyrics All music and lyrics by Mikko Salovaara
Recorded by Nino Laurenne, Aksu Hanttu & Ossi Tuomela
at Sonic Pump Studios in Jan-March 2006
Mixed by Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump Studios March 2006
Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios
Rating:
9.4
9.4
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Rating: 9.4 |
Sick of the same power metal bands? Clones like Freedom Call (Gamma Ray), Persuader (Blind Guardian) and the like? Enter Kiuas, the pagan warriors! Kiuas, a young and original power metal band from Finland has made their second album. Now, what's going wrong? Yes, original, power and from Finland. Amazing, huh? Kiuas is so different from bands like Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica... First the guitar. Kiuas has real power. It's very strong and crunchy. So much, it doesn't look like power, but thrash or death. In fact, Kiuas can't be described as only power metal. They have influences from almost any other metal genre. Mostly folk/viking. Some thrashy riffs there, blast beats here... "Black Winged Goddess," for example, has a black metal feeling on it. And the bonus track is a Jethro Tull cover that sounds like 100xheavier. Read more ›› |
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Comments
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| Joppe Steelemeister Posts: 3297 From: Finland  |
This album has some pretty crazy guitar works. When I first heard this I was suspicious that could the band do as good as on the debut? It sounds different until we got to the third song The New Chapter, that sounds familiar to the debut. I think it was a good move to rework the sound at least on some of the songs, and simultaneously retain the path of the debut. Definitely not a disappointment, but where's a song or two sung in Finnish  edit: not so good on later listens, the debut is better but pretty interesting nevertheless.
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