Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic - review
Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic - review
Band
Twilight Force Album
Heroes Of Mighty Magic Style
Symphonic power metal Release date
August 26, 2016 Tracklist
01. Battle Of Arcane Might02. Powerwind
03. Guardian Of The Seas
04. Flight Of The Sapphire Dragon
05. There And Back Again [feat. Fabio Lione]
06. Riders Of The Dawn
07. Keepers Of Fate
08. Rise Of A Hero
09. To The Stars
10. Heroes Of Mighty Magic [feat. Joakim Brodén]
11. Epilogue
12. Knights Of Twilight's Might
A review by
Susan September 15, 2016
I'm sure I read the above text on a scroll pinned to a tree in Sherwood Forest...
Anyway, this record is solid. Solid as a block of aged white cheddar. The expensive kind. Yes, the cheese metaphors have begun. This is one of the most deliciously cheesy power metal albums I've heard in some time, and hope all you lasses and lads will join Twilight Force on the quest and whatnot.
Musically, keyboards and orchestrations lead the way through each song and the compositions all around remain interesting and exciting, track after track. Genre metal it may be but drag it does not! There is a lead vocalist but you sometimes wouldn't know it because of all the sing-a-long choruses. Nonetheless, the vocal solos are very good; Chrileon has solid skills all around and we mostly hear his great middle-upper range. Guest vocalists Fabio Lione and Joakim Brodén each appear on one of the 10-minute epics to help fight the forces of evil.
It's not all rainbows and fairies (I mean, come on, it mostly is). The production is not as clear as it could be and some tracks feel a bit muddy, especially related to the rhythm section, though all instruments suffer a bit. I may not have realized there were 2 guitars just from listening. This is slight, however; it's less a fault and more a place where this record could have just been even better than it is. Beware also the 6+ minute track entitled "Epilogue" which is a narration related to the story. Yes, six and a half minutes of an actor's monologue. No music. Thankfully it's the penultimate track and if you loathe spoken dialogue in your metal like some of us do, it's easy to skip and focus solely on the glorious, glorious music.
So, grab your sword, close your windows, and rock there and back again with Twilight Force.
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Somehow your review is against Mike Hotel signature in this site lol
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Posts: 6941 Written by Bad English on 15.09.2016 at 21:51 I have no idea what you just said.
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I think the sound is quite bad. Sometimes i cant listen guitars, sometimes no drums, sometimes just orquestation... I was expecting something more fresh and this is, sadly, in an amateur level.
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Posts: 64334 Written by Susan on 15.09.2016 at 22:58 Marcel's signature Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal You wrote: Join Twilight Force, young girls and boys, on this great quest! Together with brethren such as Gloryhammer and Fairyland, they will defend the Twilight Kingdom against the dark lords of serious metal
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Riiiiiight. Marcel was not necessarily who I was addressing in that particular joke 
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Is it only me, or it's like heavily inspired by Heroes of Might And Magic 3?
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That album name though. Seems like a nod to Heroes of Might & Magic, a series I grew up with. Power metal really is the nerdiest genre out there. Written by FYA on 16.09.2016 at 09:39 While of course the worlds are completely different, they definitely know of Might & Magic. A few of the lines definitely seem like references, especially from the the title track: "Into the battle they rode, Warhorses pounding the ground Elven arrows fly, piercing the air like the wind The wizard of mystical force; Enchanting the heroes of might Enchanted dragon of wisdom Scorching the enemy lines" That is so Heroes of Might & Magic. Likely a shitty player though, -1 morale due to troops of three alignments, and that implies the dragons are green (thus same alignment as elves). If they're gold/black/azure then make that -2. At least he specced correctly to run level 1 spells on a Might hero. If he has enough morale boosts then it's A-OK.
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Posts: 64334 Written by Susan on 15.09.2016 at 23:11 Read a dead one Venom latest album review and 1th and second comment, its so cool (if that revivev was not deleted)
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Digging this so far. Just wish it came out during the early summer where blasting cheese metal while driving through the mountains is the thing to do(at least imo)...
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Posts: 6941 Written by AngelofDeth on 18.09.2016 at 20:13 Haha yes; this is "summertime metal" for sure 
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I tried, Susan, I tried. I do have that goofy powercheese mix, will on extremely rare occasions play some on a lark. this album is like a plate full of alfajores, like the proper Argentine kind. one is more than enough a sugar rush. cannot fathom eating two back-to-back and a 12 pack? instant diabetes.
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Posts: 6941 Written by BitterCOld on 22.09.2016 at 02:25 GIVE ME WHATEVER THAT AMAZING THING IS IN THAT PICTURE OMG NOMMMMMM. I will dive in like Scrooge McDuck. Diabetes, schiabetes.
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The longer you listen, the better it gets
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