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Band
Lonewolf
Title
Army Of The Damned
Type
LP/EP
Company
Napalm
YOR
2012
Style
Power
6/4/2012 - Review by: Eric Compton

Lonewolf
Army Of The Damned

Company: Napalm Records
Release: 2012
Genre: Power
Reviewer: EC

  • Well-crafted effort



  • My first run in with Lonewolf was their debut back in 2002 called "March Into The Arena". Since then the French Teutonic band have really worked hard both in the studio and abroad playing to the locals and supporting headliners. The band are often compared to Running Wild and even sound more like those German legends than Running Wild do now (something said about Primal Fear compared to Priest). Regardless the band keep pushing the power metal and once again create another well-crafted effort in "Army Of The Damned".

    This marks the band's fifth album to date and sports what will eventually make a who's who of great album covers for 2012. The record was produced by Bart Gabriel (Burning Star, Crystal Viper), the same talent that produced the band's 2009 album "The Dark Crusade". "Army Of The Damned" is also the first album for Lonewolf's new label Napalm Records.

    This sort of power metal/Teutonic flavoring is going to appeal to fans of Paragon, Iron Savior and Running Wild with vocals very reminiscent of Sabaton. The band understands their audience and provides plenty of punch on band monicker "Lonewolf" and "Cold", both playing Running Wild-styled power metal with tons of quick paced guitar and melody. The band's double bass attack runs rampant through charger "The Last Defender". Blaze Bayley (ex-Iron Maiden, Blaze) steps in for guest vocals on "The One You Never See". The album does slow down a bit, time changing for "Army Of The Damned" and "Celtic Heart".

    Fans of huge gang chants and sing alongs will love the album from start to finish, which is really my pet peeve for the record. By song eight the album is draped in huge chorus sing alongs that really seem to be cut and paste numbers. Sure bands like Sabaton are red hot right now but Paragon, Iron Savior, Running Wild and Grave Digger have been doing this sort of thing for decades. Still with that being said there is something fairly pleasant about "Crawling To Hell" and the band in unison chanting "Hell Hell Hell"...I dunno, maybe those gang chants never grow old.


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      3 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: LONEWOLF
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Army Of The Damned
    2012
    Napalm
    Eric Compton6/4/2012
    3
    Unholy Paradise
    2004
    Goi Music
    Eric Compton7/5/2004
    -

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: LONEWOLF
    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
    JensEric Compton9/13/2004


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