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| | Allegiance | | | Music Artist : | | Firewind | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Century Media | | Release Date : | | 2007-01-23 | | Store Price : | | $15.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $15.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Allegiance
2. Insanity
3. Falling to Pieces
4. Ready to Strike
5. Breaking the Silence - Firewind,
6. Deliverance
7. Till the End of Time
8. Dreamchaser
9. Before the Storm
10. Essence
11. Where Do We Go from Here?
12. Falling to Pieces [*][Multimedia Track]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Firewind rolling along!!
Submitted on: 2009-01-14 |
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| Allegiance is the first Firewind CD I picked up. It is awesome!! I have since added three more of their CDs to my collection. The guitar work on this CD smokes with super fast leads that fit the songs well. Every song rocks and will have you head banging and singing along to the chorus. I wish some of these fantastic metal bands from Europe would come to the US. This CD belongs in every Power Metal collection!! |
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A Predictable-yet Shining example of Power Metal
Submitted on: 2008-11-18 |
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It's power metal. A genre whose goal is to keep alive all of those old-"stodgy" metal stereotypes of the 1980's, meaning swords, sorcery... and Dungeons and Dragons in your basement.
In many respects the resurgence of power metal over the last 5 years or so is both a blessing and a curse.
I say this as a fan, and not as a hater, but this album will not blow you away with anything you haven't heard before--especially if you're an old veteran of metal, meaning you know who Iron Maiden is.
This band plays it safe, but again, the walls of Power Metal are clearly defined: Classically inspired riffs; Check. Operatic (defined as falsetto male vocals or guys with really tight pants): Check. Shredding guitar riffs: Check. Insane leads: Check. Slightly cheesy keyboards inspired by Rush and Steve Miller Band: Check.
What this album isn't: Dragonforce. But, who the hell is?
Actually compared to the entire genre of Power Metal, this one is by far the one I can listen to over and over again without it getting too repetitive (or cheesy. Well... THAT's relative!)
If you're a fan of PM and haven't picked it up yet, BUY IT.
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 not bad
Submitted on: 2008-07-07 |
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| A yngwie cover band. He needs a singer with a distinctive voice and he needs a guitar sound all his own. All this european power metal sounds the same. This is better than most. But all the songs run together like one long song. His first two albums were much better. He gets more and more commercial and less interesting with each passing album. |
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 Great heavy melodic power. Definitely talented band.
Submitted on: 2008-02-15 |
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I just found out about Firewind a couple of weeks ago and decided to pick up their latest release, "Allegiance". I was not wrong in my choice - it turned out to be an awesome heavy metal album with really sweet hooks of power metal, 80s metal, and heavy speed metal here and there.
Lots of great solos on this one, the riffs are nice and heavy, the vocals are simply superb. The lead singer reminds me of a mix of Roy Khan (Kamelot) and Geoff Tate (Queensryche), but a little heavier.
The instrumental of the album is "Before The Storm" and is one of the most beautiful metal instrumentals I have ever heard.
Overall, a very solid 4 stars, could be 5 with a few more longer tracks and solos, but still an incredible album to listen to. I highly recommend this to everyone who likes Edguy, Kamelot, Queensryche, and Iron Maiden. |
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Power Metal Mastery!
Submitted on: 2007-07-06 |
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| This is the 4th & by far the best album Firewind has put out! Each CD is absolutely heavy & at times melodic & 'Allegiance' certainly has those elements, but this album sounds much different from the first 3 in the fact that it just sounds much better produced & the song writing has expanded into newer territory instead of the usual power metal sound. This CD quickly became 1 of my all-time favorites upon my first listen..that's how GREAT it is! Fans of power metal don't want to miss this one! |
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