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Firewind Format: Audio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars 23 customer reviews
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  • Audio CD (June 25, 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: King Japan
  • ASIN: B0018DEWYS
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsFirewind's best, and a power metal must-have
By Justin G. TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on March 12, 2010
Format: Audio CD
2008's The Premonition is the fifth album from Greek power metal band Firewind. Firewind, of course, is a side project of Dream Evil, Nightrage, Mystic Prophecy and now Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G. The Premonition is the first Firewind album recorded by a relatively stable lineup, and the result is the band's best effort yet.

Firewind started to move beyond the power metal formula with 2006's Allegiance, and with this album the band became a leader in the genre, not a follower. The Premonition is what you get when you have a seasoned group of musicians with real chemistry and an insane amount of talent. It's completely heavy, completely powerful and full of great melodies, amazing musicianship, dynamite vocals (Apollo Papathanasio has never sounded better), pristine production and some extremely well-written songs. Everything seems to gel here. I think it helps that Gus G's solos seem more like part of the songs and not just an exercise in technicality.

I'd rank The Premonition alongside the best albums by Brainstorm, Tad Morose, Mob Rules and Symphorce as the best the melodic power metal genre has to offer. Listen to "Into the Fire," "Angels Forgive Me" and "Life Foreclosed" and you'll see what I mean. Hell, even the band's version of the Flashdance theme song "Maniac" is pretty epic, and that's saying something!

As much as I loved Allegiance, The Premonition is easily the best Firewind album, and one of the best power metal albums I've heard in a long time. If you only buy one Firewind album, this is the one to get. Hopefully Ozzy won't keep Gus so busy that he can't get the guys together for a follow-up album.

PS - I caught Firewind live in 2008 at the ProgPower USA IX festival and they were amazing.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat album after a couple of spins.
By teahead on April 17, 2008
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I think this is a good follow-up to "The Allegiance". Although there are only 10 tracks on this one, they are strong, well-written, and do the job. The first spin may not leave you impressed, but after a couple more times through the record, you'll really dig it.

Vocals = 5/5. Great job on the vocals by Apollo. Nice and heavy, but at the same time melodic. Again, sounds like a mix of Roy Khan and Geoff Tate.

Guitar work = 5/5. Amazing guitar work by Gus, as usual. What a talented musician.

Production = 4.5/5. Nice, clean, non-distorted.

Length of solos and songs = 4/5. As a solo junkie, I found myself wishing for a few longer solos...but this may not be an issue to others. Songs are about 4 minutes long on average.

Overall = 4.5/5. Great album that you can listen to anywhere. This band is very talented and I would love to see them Live if they ever come here to the US.
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4.0 out of 5 starsNot as good as the last album....
By David Falzano on March 26, 2008
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Firewind is a band that I discovered sometime a year ago & they were one of the bands that got me to get into power metal more than ever in recent years. Most of their albums are great ('Burning Earth' was OK) & their last one 'Allegiance' was AWESOME, but unfortunately after coming off an excellent album such as the latter, they didn't come through this time like I hoped that they would. 'The Premonition' definitely has the sound & excellent production of 'Allegiance' but the songs are not as good. I would say there are a few cool ones but that's about it. Maybe after a few listens I will appreciate it more but it definitely could have been better. Stand out tracks are "Mercenary Man," "Angels Forgive Me," "My Loneliness," & "Life Foreclosed."
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5.0 out of 5 stars"The premonition" of the rise of a Guitar Hero.
By Nikiforos V. Skoumas on September 5, 2010
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After extensive touring on the back of their major album "Allegiance", the existing line up of guitar prodigy Gus G., singer Apollo Papathanasio, drummer Mark Cross, key player Bob Katsionis and bass player Petros Christo entered once again `Studio Fredman' to record the "Premonition".

In contrast to the diverse "Allegiance", the "Premonition" focused more on melodic/heavy metal compositions and to a lesser extent on speeding power metal tunes. Overall a much more guitar-oriented album, "The Premonition" opens up with the titanic power track "Into the fire" but from there onwards demonstrates standard tempos, boasting heaviness and melody with increased emphasis on expressiveness. In addition the collective themes and performances (particularly those of lead singer Apollo) are far more dramatic than anything the band had come with in the past.

In retrospect "The premonition" did not come out as much as a surprise as their previous album, probably because at that point anyone who had heard "Allegiance" demanded a follow up of equal quality; and that's exactly what the band delivered.

Released in early 2008, "The Premonition" would come to surpass the sales of their previous album within the first few weeks of its release. On that count, the album holds the biggest to date "Firewind" hit, called "Head up high" and a second-mainly domestic- hit with the cover of the Sembello/Matkosky track "Maniac" (perhaps even to the surprise of the band themselves as they were aiming at a hit single with the track `Mercenary man').

`The Premonition' turned out to be another amazing album and an additional step up the ladder of metal recognition. During an interview* Gus G.Read more ›
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Published 2 months ago by Tom MacDonald
3.0 out of 5 starsHas its moments but they are too quick. You're a "Maniac" if you like...

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3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Good, but oftentimes forgettable. Great cover of maniac from flash dance.

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Published on December 12, 2013 by msjudyb1
5.0 out of 5 starsAmazing!

Amazing album by an amazing band. Firewind is probably one of the best power metal bands around. Apollo's voice Sounds great and Gus G's guitar playing is out of this world!

Published on July 24, 2013 by Ashley
1.0 out of 5 starsjust another album

I own other Firewind albums and this is a classic example of a band just pumping out records as fast as they can. I was disappointed as not one song stands out. Read more

Published on March 9, 2010 by Bryan Daniels
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