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Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Privateer/Monolith/TrollZornRecords/2013 CD Review


  The  Privateer  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  plays  folk  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Monolith"  which  was  released  by  TrollZorn  Records.

  "The  Privateer"  begins  with  some  folk music  style  acoustic  guitars  which  utilize  both  finger  picking  and  full  chords  along  with  some  violins  a  few  seconds  later  and  you  can  hear  other  folk  instruments  in  the  song  and  then  the  music  gets  a  little  bit  heavier  with  some  guitar  riffs,  leads  and  blast  beats.

  "A  Sequel  From  A  Distant  Visit"  begins with  some  heavy  and  melodic  guitar  riffs  along  with  some  drums  as  well  as  some  guitar  leads  and  a  brief  growl  before  going  into  some  melodic  clean  singing  while  also  mixing  in  some  black  metal  screams  before  adding  in  some  violins  and  classical  guitars  and  towards  the  end  there  is  a  brief  use  of  female  vocals.

  "What  We  Took Home" begins  with  some  soft  acoustic  guitar  playing  and  a  minute  later  violins  kick  in  before  adding  in  some  heavy  and  melodic  guitar  riffs  and  leads  as  well  as  some  drums  and  blast  beats  along  with  some  synths.

  "Track Down  And  Avenge"  begins  with  some  heavy  guitar  and  bass  riffs  before  adding  in  some  drums  and  melodic  guitar  riffing  along  with  some  solos  and  leads  a  few  seconds  later  and  then  the  violins  start  kicking  in  and  as  time  goes  on  by  melodic  vocals  start  kicking  in  before  going  into  black  metal  screams.

  "Ember  Sea'  begins  with  some  acoustic  guitars  which  utilize  folk  music  elements  along  with  some  synths  and  a  few  seconds  alter  drums,  and  heavy  and  melodic  guitar  riffs  kick  in  along  with  some  violins  which  lead s up  to  some  black  metal style  vocals  along  with  some  clean  singing  and  after  awhile  you  can  hear  some   powerful  sounding bass  guitars  and  towards  the  end  there  is  a  brief  use  of  guitar  solos  or  leads  being  utilized.

  "Monolith"  begins with  some  melodic  guitar  leads  and  drums  along  with  some  violins  and  bass  guitars  and  a  few  seconds  alter  power  metal  vocals  start  kicking  in  along  with  some  black  metal  screams  and  melodic  guitar  leads  as  well as  some blast  beats  being  utilized  briefly  and  towards  the  end  the  song goes  into  a  more  folk  music  direction  before  getting  heavy  and melodic  again.

  "Stortebeker"  begins with  some  acoustic  guitars  and  violins  before  adding  in  some  melodic  guitar  leads  and  then  some  heavy  guitar  and  bass  riffs  kicking   in  along  with  some  melodic  vocals  and  black  metal  screams  and  towards  the  end  it  adds  in more  folk elements  along  with  the  metal  parts.

  "The  Privateer"  begins  with  some  acoustic  guitars  and  rough  vocals  which  also  lead  up  to  some distorted  melodic  guitar  leads  along  with  some  bass  guitars  before  adding  in  heavy  riffing  and  drums  and  towards  the  end  there  are  some  guitar  solos  being  utilized.

  "Madman's  Diaries"  begins  with  some  heavy  and  melodic  guitar  and  bass  riffs  which  leads  up  to  some  drums  and  clean  singing  vocals  along  with  a  small  amount  of  black  metal  screams  and  halfway through  the  song  guitar  solos  and  leads  start  coming in  and  out.  and  towards  the  end  violins  start  making  their  way  into  the  song.

  "The  Tides"  begins  with  some  acoustic  guitars  and  a  few  seconds  alter  drum  beats and  violins  start  coming  in  along  with  some  synths  and  the  song  is  all  instrumental.

  "From  What  Lurks  In  The  Storm"  begins  with  heavy  guitar  and  bass  riffs  along  with  some  drums  and  melodic  riffing  and  then  the  music  speeds  up  a  bit  along  with  some  blast  beats,  black  metal screams  and  clean  singing  male  and  female  vocals   as  well  as  adding  violins  in  certain  sections  of  the  song  and  after  a  couple  of  minutes  death  metal  growls  are  utilized  briefly.

  "In  The  Nought  Of  Wind"  begins  with  some  acoustic  guitar  riffs  and  leads  along  with  some  violins  before thew  heavy  guitar  and  bass  riffs  kick  in  along  wit h some  drums,  melodic  leads  and  clean   singing vocals  as  well  as  a  brief  sue  of  black  metal  screams  and  halfway  through  the  song  the  acoustic  guitars  return  along  with  some  synths  before  getting  heavy  again.

  Song  lyrics  cover  pirate  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.


  In  my  opinion  The  Privateer  are  a  very  great  sounding  folk  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "A  Sequel  From  A  Distant  Visit"  "Track Down  And  Avenge"  "Madman's  Diaries"  and  "In  The  Nought  Of  Wind".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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