Dark Assault

Iron Savior | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B0000AM6HQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #512,892 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-fi metal, June 16, 2008

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Big Al - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dark Assault (Audio CD)

I first heard of Iron Savior when I bought a copy of A Tribute to Judas Priest "Delivering the Goods" where they did an excellent cover of Desert Plains. I like tribute CDs mostly because it exposes me to bands that I otherwise would have never been exposed to. Anyway, as I started searching for other Iron Savior CD I've noticed they have done four different covers of Judas Priest songs (which is more than any other band has done that I know of) and they are all done extremely well. I believe this is their fourth CD. I purchased Dark Assault first because it had a cover of Delivering the Goods that I didn't already have. As for the rest of the CD, I guess they most resemble Gamma Ray, with elements common to Helloween That is to be expected since Kai Hansen is behind them. I think I also hear a little Primal Fear in there as well. If you're looking for something new you're probably not going to find it here. It is what it is, and its power metal pure and simple. If you're a fan like I am and can't get enough power metal then that is great. I especially like Piet Sielk's voice. While his voice doesn't have the range that some singers do, it has almost a "metallic" ring to it that you can really hear when he is holding a note for a while that fits the music well with its sci-fi themes. If was definitely worth getting.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God!, March 6, 2001

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This review is from: Dark Assault (Audio CD)

I am a fan of the best of the '80's metal genre, and have missed it greatly. Face it, today's "best " bands are 2-chord hacks, whose only artistry is their ability to growl gratuitous obscenities to pounding guitar riffs that an amateur could play after 2 minutes of training. Thank God for Iron Savior! Intelligent lyrics that tell a story, excellent multi-range vocals, and soaring guitars with crunching power, yet melody that is pleasing to the ear. I only wish that the record companies would push them on American radio--this band would knock all the Eminems and Limp Bizkits off the airwaves. I hope the band knows how many people dig their music and are waiting for a tour. Viva Iron Savior!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple...Iron Savior, April 7, 2001

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Pablosa (Buenos Aires, Capital Federal Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Assault (Audio CD)

Iron Savior does it again with their third full length studio album "Dark Assault". It has no surprises, usual IS stuff. Great songs very well executed by great musicians. We won`t find anything new or better than their previous releases. I still think "Unification" is a better album. It has a better solos and melodies: better songwriting; no mistery. I think it's because "Dark Assault" sounds like something that we've heard before (cliché) and it's really "wasted and used" (I mean in the band and the genre; you`ll go crazy trying to find out which songs sound the same, compare to the previous albums.) All the songs have the same structure. Piet Sielck is a great musician, but he is not a virtuous magician with the guitar, so it's understandable if he doesn`t surprise us on each release. We now what he is capable of, and that's what Iron Savior is all about... ...Iron Savior is Iron Savior, %100 heavy metal and killer songs and sound. I don`t know if there's a band that sounds more powerful and aggressive than Iron Savior. I was just comparing this album with the previous two. This album rocks, and it'll make your head spin (try not to swallow your hair).