Thunderbeast

Night In Gales | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B00000DCEG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars German band with a Swedish sound, June 5, 2006

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thunderbeast (Audio CD)

1998's Thunderbeast was the second full-length album from German metallers Night in Gales. Despite hailing from Germany, Night in Gales (at least on their earlier albums) played melodic death metal in the same vein as Swedish trailblazers At the Gates.

You won't find a lot of Dark Tranquillity-style keyboards on Thunderbeast, or Soilwork-style clean vocals either. What you will find is a fast and furious (yet still melodic) death metal assault that is sure to please fans of Hypocrisy, early In Flames and of course At the Gates. I suppose they should lose some points for the general lack of originality, but the songs on Thunderbeast are so good you can easily overlook that.

Like In Flames, Night in Gales would go on to incorporate some nu-metal elements to their later albums, but you don't have to worry about that with Thunderbeast. It's a great album for anyone who likes their death metal to be both vicious and melodic. It's also something of a "bargain bin" regular, so chances are you'll be able to score a relatively cheap copy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crank it up!, March 27, 2000

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Chris Pinto (Mahopac, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thunderbeast (Audio CD)

Do you like "In Flames"? Do you like that Gothenburg sounding death metal? If you said YES, then this cd's for you! One of the best heavy hitting, brain crushing, growling vocal death metal cd's....PERIOD!

Hey, what can I say? Buy it, put it in your car's CD player, open the windows, and crank it up as high as it can go! Blow the roof off!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Swedish...err, German melodic death metal, June 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Thunderbeast (Audio CD)

I have seen them often described as In Flames clones, and they do have that "Gothenburg sound", but this album is actually quite original. The lyrics in particular are quite different from any I've seen.