Dragonheart [Import]

Messiah's Kiss | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Steamhammer / SPV
• ASIN: B000MEYHTY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,151 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars '80s Metal from the twenty-first century!, August 2, 2008

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alpha128 (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragonheart (Audio CD)

Messiah's Kiss is one of several German bands (others include Primal Fear and Iron Savior) who are keeping the classic heavy metal sound of the 1980s alive and well in the new millennium.

Messiah's Kiss makes no attempt to hide their influences. Over the course of the album, vocalist Mike Tirelli alternatively sounds like Ronnie James Dio, David Coverdale, and even Rob Halford.

The Dio influence can be heard most strongly on "Where the Falcons Cry". Meanwhile, "Dragonheart" and "Steelrider" would be right at home on Judas Priest's Painkiller album.

This CD has a good variety of material that keeps it interesting. Speed metal tracks like "The Ancient Cries" and "Nocturnal" are interspersed with slower tracks like "Thunder of the Night" and "Northern Nights".

Highlights include the aforementioned "Where the Falcons Cry" (Dio worship at its finest), "Babylon" (excellent speed metal that brought this album to my attention), and "City of Angels" (emotional pseudo-ballad).

Messiah's Kiss aren't going to win any originality awards, but who cares? I'm reminded of a quote by Kiss' Gene Simmons who said, "the most original musicians can be found in the jazz clubs, and they're all starving to death."

The bottom line is "Dragonheart" delivers the kind of music I like: fast, heavy, aggressive yet still melodic, with a singer who can actually SING. If you're a fan of Dio and Judas Priest, or sick of the monotony and need for subtitles in so much of today's metal, I recommend you check out this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Road Trip music!, June 29, 2010

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Dogman07 (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragonheart (MP3 Download)

I bought this cd having never heard of this band before and after the first play it instantly became on of my favorites. Steel Rider Dragon heart Falcons Cry and Ivory gates are my favs but this whole cd is exceptional! I still dont know much about the band but this album is a shining example of what good music is supposed to sound like ! Buy it and youll be patting yourself on the back by the time Dragonheart revs up!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good listen., July 22, 2007

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W. Clarke (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragonheart (Audio CD)

If you like your metal in the power or NWOBHM styles then this album is a great buy. I have probably listened to it more than any other album I have purchased in that last 6 months.