Powerwolf — Falk Maria Schlegel
Producers: Joost van den Broek
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AllMusic · 3.5 / 5 · · 2026-07-26 19:55:42
MiskamNiretet · 3.5 / 5 · · 2024-06-22 23:48:37
EveryDisc · 3.5 / 5 · · 2023-11-03 08:42:57
Wolves of war – power with folk motives. Sainted by the storm – Powerwolf is now almost indistinguishable from Sabaton in their epic hymns. Only more symphonic. No prayer at midnight (+) – I prefer Attila Dorn's vocals over Joakim Broden's. Songs like this are much more interesting. A pop-like bridge and chorus in an attempt to stand out from the line of epics. My will be done (+) – a killer rhythm section. The drive makes the song excellent, even if it is quite standard. Wolfborn – despite an excellent bridge (reminiscent of Rhapsody) that could have been a dynamic chorus, they ruined the song with a muddy chorus, stretched out on the fly; it's true it only happened once, but there were only two bridges as well. They crumpled up a good idea. Stronger than the sacrament – again trying to play with structure. Still, in this genre, it's unnecessary. Living on a nightmare – what I didn't expect was a good guitar riff. A good metal theme from the 80s, if you remove the abundance of sympho-synths. Some originality suits them, some gets in the way. And this song reminds me of the best early Powerwolf. Midnight Madonna – a victory hymn. Bete du Gevaudan (originally Beast of Gévaudan) – now that is pure Sabaton, though in French. They want to be concise. A bit too much sympho-epic, but when they step slightly off the canvas, it becomes interesting, as always. And in the sympho-epics, not everything is hopeless. On the second disc, PW continue to collaborate their songs with other bands.
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