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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An explosion of metal, October 5, 2004
This is Iron Savior's debut album. It was announced as a superband, including Thomen Stauch of Blind Guardian in the drums, Gamma Ray's and former Helloween Kai Hansen on guitars and the mastermind behind the Savior, Piet Sielck on vocals, bass, keyboards and guitars. Piet is best known for his job as a producer of German bands and his guest appearances in different bands.
The name IRON SAVIOR comes from a science fiction story invented by Piet, in which the Iron Savior is a huge vessel built and then sent out to space by the hostile civilization of Atlantis 350.000 years ago, in order to protect them from the Alliance's attack. And the story goes on, and the lyrics are based on the story's events with liner notes on each song.
Musically, IS is 100% german power metal. Piet and co. manage to deliver a good album, within (and besides) the genre's limitations. You'll find here classics such as "Atlantis falling", "Riding on fire", "Watcher in the sky", "For the world", "brave new world" and "Iron Savior". Except for a few contributions from Kai Hansen, the majority of the music is written by Piet himself. It's nothing out of this world, nothing new, but not mediocre and totally worth listening.
Screaming guitars, pounding drumming with classic solos and choruses, with different tempos, like the ultra-fast "Brave new world" and the brutal "Riding on fire", the intrincate rhythm in "For the world" (sang by Blind Guardian's Hansi Kursch) or the ballad "Break it up". If you want to get acquainted with Iron Savior's funny rockin' side you have the Nazareth cover "This flight tonight".
If I have to compare I'd probably mention the old Rage, Grave Digger's trilogy, and Hammerfall are closer to Iron Savior in power, brutality, speed and guitar riffing.
If you're into power metal and like the bands above mentioned you will appreciate this album.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing really stands out, and who's band is this anyway?, May 28, 2001
Ok, after listening to the debut album from GammaFall, I mean, HelloRay, er, that is Hammer Guardian, no, Blind Ween. Oh, I have no idea who this is! I'm now convinced that there are 11 power metal musicians in ALL OF EUROPE and they're in one big band with rotating memberships of anywhere from 3-5 members using 8-10 different names. Sometimes the chosen members produce SICK albums (a la Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray), and sometimes they sound just like well, everybody else (i.e. this album).All kidding aside, I was really having a difficult time concentrating while listening to this record. It sounded just like many other power metal bands out there. Only this bunch of guys sings about a big metal thingie and the lost continent of Atlantis, or some such silliness. I was hard pressed to pick a single song that really stood out for me, though "For the World" (featuring Hansi of Blind Guardian on guest vocals) was the best of a mostly forgettable bunch. And strangely, there's a subtle-as-a-sledgehammer tribute to a friend of Piet's who's apparently struggling with heroin addiction. Not coincidentally, this is by far the worst song on the album. Not counting the awful Nazareth cover that closes the album. On the whole, it's a good album. It's just that Kai Hansen's own band, Gamma Ray, does this SO MUCH BETTER. So this is average power metal at best. Get it if you haven't heard much else, otherwise, stick to the proven kings like Helloween, Hammerfall, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Angra, and some others.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Work, March 19, 2000
By A Customer
Iron Savior has done it again. Combining pure metal with meldoic lyrics, great guitar and drums they've created a master work of music- of art. In the form of older groups (such as Blind Guaridan) they've created not just a CD, but a musical epic. Their CD's arn't just music, they tell a tale. Like a good book the story has complex twists and turns, but is understandable, for those whom pay attention. If you like Blind Guardian, you will like Iron Savior.
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