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First up, while the track is excellent in its own right, being a very melodic, somewhat upbeat track with some slight folk influence in the guitars, it doesn’t have the energy or speed one would expect from an opening track by this band. I usually do my song by song breakdowns in order, but for this album I’ll start with the slightly problematic tracks and slowly work my way up to the highlights, to end the review on a more positive note. Selleby all being in top form, as always, with the latter occasionally sounding a bit softer than usual, to fit the tone of the music, though he can still carry an epic chorus just as well as ever. Performances are strong across the board, with dual guitarists Henrik and Tomas Olsson, keyboardist Fredrik Bergh and vocalist Patrik J. Aside from the slight issues of musical plagiarism, which I’ll get into in a bit, the songwriting is consistently excellent once again, with a continued focus on fun, catchy and very melodic power metal, with some symphonic influences, just as one would expect from a follow up to the band’s most successful album to date. The biggest change to the sound is the inclusion of some minor folk elements, which appear here and there on some tracks, though they’re most noticeable on “The Warlock’s Trail” and the closing ballad “Reign of Fire”. Stylistically, Rise of the Dragon Empire is very similar to War of Dragons, with the band softening their sound even further, giving way to a largely keyboard dominant sound, with a continued emphasis on huge vocal melodies and epic choruses.
However, the band has managed to work their magic, and put in enough of their own unique qualities, as well as continued with their usual excellent songwriting, in order to craft yet another excellent album, even if it does feel like a slight step down from their last couple.
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Where that album and its successor, War of Dragons, showed clear influences of the aforementioned band on many tracks, however, their upcoming eighth full length release, Rise of the Dragon Empire, comes dangerously close to total impersonation at times, with some tracks feeling unmistakably familiar. They initially started out with their own sound, being one of the heavier power metal bands around, but they’ve evolved a lot over the years, with their sixth album, Stormborn, in particular marking the beginning of their current brand of symphonic infused power metal, clearly influenced by Sabaton. One band who has been clearly wearing their influences on their sleeves in recent years is Swedish power metal band Bloodbound. However, there’s always a tight line one must walk in such a case, so as not to fall into outright impersonation, or worse, plagiarism. Bands borrowing ideas from another is quite common and can work quite well, as long as the band in question is willing to put their own unique touches on the music, to make it stand out. In fact, many bands are often influenced by those from within completely different genres.
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Head over to the Download website for more information.It’s very common for bands within similar genres to influence one another.
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Iron Maiden are headlining Download TV on Saturday, June 13, live on YouTube. More than 30 years on, it remains an absolute metal classic and one that has rarely been matched, let alone beaten. Magical concept aside, it also saw the band at their musical best – dynamic, punchy and epic all at the same time. “It’s a classic story of good versus evil, only with no guarantees whatsoever that it’s the good guys who eventually come through,” said Bruce of the tale of a boy with supernatural powers. “For me, it’s like the enormous leap we suddenly made from our first two albums to releasing Number Of The Beast – very much a step forward, a step up.” It seems many of you agree as you’ve voted the band’s ’80s peak and only true concept album as Iron Maiden’s finest hour. “We’ve never managed to pull anything like this off before,” Steve Harris told K! shortly before the release of Seventh Son….
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