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Old May 9th, 2008, 05:11 AM   #7 (permalink)
Wheezer
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Originally Posted by Wyvern View Post
Fans of Sabaton won't be dissapointed. The album is pure metal, there's more predominance on the use of keys but that only helps to the atmosphere and melody of the songs. There are small spoken parts based on the book either as small tunes or part of other songs, but that doesn't diminish the force of the album. And the traditional war themed songs of the band which in an album called as it is are more than justified.

'Ghost Division', 'Talvisota', 'The Price Of A Mile' are instant faves for me.
Just listened to this one for the first time yesterday. The spoken passages threw me a bit so hopefully the second listen will catch on a bit. It's certainly got enough on it for me to give another listen.
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