Customer Reviews

Force Majeure

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
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ASIDE FROM THE ALBUM "TRIUMPH AND AGONY" BY WARLOCK, I ONLY LIKED A FEW OTHER SONGS HERE AND THERE SHE DID SOLO OR WITH WARLOCK, HOWEVER, THIS ALBUM IS GREAT FROM START TO FINISH! SONGS LIKE "SAVE MY SOUL", "HARD TIMES", "MISSION OF MERCY", "WORLD GONE WILD" AND THE BALLADS "BEYOND THE TREES" AND "RIVER OF TEARS" ILLUSTRATE HER TALENT, UNIQUE VOCAL STYLE AND SONGWRITING AT THEIR STRONGEST. JON DEVIN ALSO ADDS SOME VERY NICE GUITAR WORK THROUGHOUT! IF SHE HAD CONTINUED TO PUT OUT STUFF AS SOLID AS WHAT IS ON THIS ALBUM, I WOULD'VE BEEN A BIG FAN. :(

Doro's solo debut (which would have actually been under Warlock but for legal entanglements) continues in the solid tradition of Warlock. Tommy Henriksen is the only remaining band member left over from Triumph And Agony, but John Devin and Bobby Rondinelli fill in quite nicely. A must for Warlock/Doro fans!

It took a team of lawyers to strip Doro Pesch of the legal right to use the name Warlock, so she reminded us of who Warlock REALLY was - DORO!!
The name has changed, but the monster remains the same! Doro Pesch proved to the world that she is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time on this album, the BEST of her career! Once you get past her better-than-the-original cover of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale", strap yourself in & turn the volume UP!! Every song rocks, even the ballads ("River of Tears" is the best of her career!), & by the time it's over you'll be ready for another, so get "Fight" or "Love Me in Black" too! Or, get the DVD of Doro & Warlock live from their 1985 tour. (She was maybe 20 at that time, & even the sub-standard audio can't hide the strength of her awesome voice!)
This is ONE OF THE TEN BEST METAL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, & certainly one of the best 100 rock albums ever! If you like Heart, Vixen or Joan Jett you'll LOVE Doro!!

I am a huge fan of women in Metal. After listening to The Plasmatics' Put Your In Me: Lovesongs of the Apocalypse(Rest in Peace, Wendy O Williams), I craved the sound of a woman with a less than perfect voice backing the heaviest of old school Metal. In terms of the sort of female fronted rock bands I like, i've gone from the Punk Rock beatnik poetry of Patti Smith, the angst-ridden Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, and various Metal women(Cadaveria of her self titled band and ex-Opera IX, Michela of Power Symphony, Ebonsight, Nightwish, The Gathering, etc etc) and then NOT so metal outfits (Heart, Stevie Knicks, The Superheroines(Deathrock), Siouxie, etc etc) ...I love those bands and artists...But lately i've been craving that Proto-80s Metal sound(Also getting into Wasps...). Doro's Force Majeure is an epic tour de force. The great thing about this album is that it is showcases Doro P's voice. She can sing...But she can also belt out those slightly acid-stained guttural vocals too. There are great dual voices/choruses on songs like River of Tears, and Mission of Mercy, World Gone Wild, and Hellraiser are just a few standouts. In my opinion, every song is stellar.

This album contains an awesome cover version of Whiter Shade of Pale. Under The Gun is my favorite Doro tune period. Definitely one of the best Doro albums.

After Warlocks Triumph & Agony the whole concept collapsed. This is basically a solo album despire it's billing as Doro + Warlock (at least on my edition).

And there isn't much to interest anyone. Perhaps had Warlock gone out with a whimper and not the T&A barnstormer which was five stars all the way, then the fall to this wouldn't of been so heavy. But ultimately this is a poor album of weak tracks attacked without ooommphh, without power, the self promoting lyrics about how ready to rock we all are wearing thin very quickly.

Notable exceptions would be the awesome, gentle lure of Beyond the Trees and there is also some pleasure to be salvaged from hellraiser and the cover of Whiter Shade of Pale is at least an interesting choice.

A serious blow to the esteem in which the metal community held Doro. This is a poor mish mash of soft rock quite possible stunted by a lack of confidence in the face of the enormity of being a solo artist.