Hunter

Persuader | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Locomotive Spain
• ASIN: B000QEILRY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,638 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fire at Will

2. As You Wish

3. Cursed

4. The Hunter

5. Secrets

6. Escape

7. Heart and Steel

8. ...and There Was Light

9. My Life for You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best debut album of 2000!, April 6, 2002

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"annihellator" (La Pocatière, Québec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hunter (Audio CD)

Yeah that's right, the best debut of 2000 and among the top 5 albums overall of that year too. Now I can hear some of you say "Huh? No one ever heard of this band!". Well that is unfortunately what happens when a good band signs with a record label that wasn't able to promote them properly (and eventually closed it's doors). Despite putting out an excellent first album, barely anyone got to hear it.

What this album is is a triumphant return of speed metal. Though that label is not really used anymore, that's really what this album is. Speed metal in the vein of early Blind Guardian and Megadeth, and the comparisons between Persuader and these 2 bands have been numerous. And though speed metal sounds more like an old memory than something a new band would want to do, their music is astonishly fresh sounding. Speedy guitars, bombastic drums, screaming vocals, even a good share of melody. And nothing overdone, it all just blends together perfectly. There is just as much potential in Persuader than you could hear in Blind Guardian and Megadeth back in the days. And dare I say that this debut IS better than the other 2 bands'. Look out if Persuader ever comes back with new material.

Well whatever I say, it would be best if you could judge for yourself. Do yourself a favor and try to find the opener "Fire At Will". It will give you a good taste of what this album has to offer. This track alone should convince you, a lot better than a 4 stars review will anyway. And if reading my review makes you wonder why I didn't rate this album 5 stars, it's because I'm not the kind of guy that throws these at just about anything. In my book 5 stars are for masterpieces, a mark to be reached by only a handful of albums. "The Hunter" is not one of them, but it is nonetheless and EXCELLENT album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Power Metal, November 17, 2007

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ChaosRising (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hunter (Audio CD)

Some of the best Power Metal I've heard in a really long time. I was so pleasantly surprised to hear something in the veins of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian but even slightly more aggressive. COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars persuader , the hunter, August 10, 2005

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DAN CARTER "METALDAN" (WARRNAMBOOL, VIC,AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hunter (Audio CD)

this was the best metal release of 2000 . unfortunately the band were signed to a dodgy record label. the original release was only in france, with a very limited amount of cd,s pressed. i am fortunate enough to own this fantastic cd and 5 years after its release it still has that crispiness sound about it, like every time you play a new cd for the first time. the band have a new label and will re-release this cd in late september 2005. they are planning to add more tracks to the 9 on the original cd so keep a look out and do youself a favour, BUY IT. the band will also be releasing new studio album in january 2006, a follow up to the brilliant EVOLUTION PURGATORY