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powerwolf lupus dei full album download Powerwolf lupus dei full album download. Artist: Powerwolf Album: The History Of Heresy I Released: 2014 Style: Power Metal. Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC. CD1: 01 – Mr. Sinister 02 – We Came To Take Your Souls 03 – Kiss Of The Cobra King 04 – Black Mass Hysteria 05 – Demons & Diamonds 06 – Montecore 07 – The Evil Made Me Do It 08 – Lucifer In Starlight 09 – Son Of The Morning Star 10 – Mr. Sinister (Live) 11 – We Came To Take Your Souls (Live) 12 – Kiss Of The Cobra King (Live) CD2: 01 – Lupus Daemonis 02 – We Take It From The Living 03 – Prayer In The Dark 04 – Saturday Satan 05 – In Blood We Trust 06 – Behind The Leathermask 07 – Vampires Don’t Die 08 – When The Moon Shines Red 09 – Mother Mary Is A Bird Of Prey 10 – Tiger Of Sabrod 11 – Lupus Dei 12 – We Take It From The Living (Live) 13 – Prayer In The Dark (Live) 14 – Saturday Satan (Live) 15 – In Blood We Trust (Live) 16 – Mother Mary Is A Bird Of Prey (Live) 17 – Lupus Dei (Live) Lupus Dei. In a May 2007 interview with Lords of Metal, Matthew Greywolf talked about the story in Lupus Dei: "Well, generally 'Lupus Dei' is focussed on parables taken out of the Bible and set in context to our passion for metal. Finally it had turned out being a real concept album with the wolf himself as the protagonist. In the Introduction to the album he loses faith in good and descends to the evil. He doesn't believe in anything but blood anymore ("In blood we trust") – but during the album he realizes the light of God step by step and finally in the title track he experiences God." The title of the album may be a reference to the story of Thiess of Kaltenbrun, a Livonian man who lived in Jürgensburg, Swedish Livonia, in 1692 and publicly admitted being a werewolf, referring to himself as "The Hound of God", boldly claiming that he and other werewolves went to Hell to fight the Devil. Lupus Dei. Power metal is a strange beast. It may seem outdated today, filled as it is with its imagery of winterland warriors in furry underwear, girl-chasing dragons and sword-wielding paladins. The genre flourished mostly in the fantasy D&D dripping 1980s, and was very popular for a lot of time. The high popularity of power metal and the easy-to-reach audience have caused many bands to appear and, in the end, these to sound just the same. Yet, power metal is one of the basic styles of metal and for many non-metalheads out there, it is the style of heavy metal. Despite all, power metal has always had a mesmerizing capacity of capturing the taste and hearts of the listeners, today as back in time. Of course, this still happens today for the giants of days gone and forlorn but also for newer bands, especially when expressing a good power metal, which is the case of Powerwolf. I stumbled upon Powerwolf by listening to The Sacrament of Sin , which did not impress me very much. I am not a power metal enthusiast, but I don't throw away good stuff when I listen to it anyway. So, curious as I am, I checked out for more Powerwolf releases and I found Lupus Dei : I started headbanging at my first listening, and I still do. This is an excellent power album, delivering exactly what is expected: fast, ear-friendly riffs, operatic vocals and short, powerful tracks that delivers positive energy and make you wanna jump up and down all day. Lyrics are quite cheesy and sometimes directly hilarious (like the chorus in "Saturday Satan", which I still haven't managed to understand if it's a joke or not) but they seem as they are supposed to be so, not relying on the heavy self-credibility that sometimes haunts metal bands and make them look kind of ridiculous. The overall act is based on horror themes recurring in the imagery of the band, album covers and song lyrics as well as the theatrical, somptuous visual elements connected with Powerwolf. Even though the main concept behind Lupus Dei should be the history of Thiess of Kaltenbrunn (I did my research here: he was a self-declared werewolf claiming to fight off the Devil in 17th century Livonia), tracks seem also to work independently. Each song has basically the classic track construction of intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-outro; riffs are not too complicated and can easily get stuck in your head from the very beginning, and the general sensation you receive from this album is euphoria and power, energy. As I said above, you feel the impulse to just headbang and jump up and down even if you are moody. This is a great soundtrack for your working out or in the shower, you will even find yoursefl sing along sometimes. All tracks are quite good, with particular enphasis - to me - on "We Take It From the Living", "Prayer in the Dark", "Mother Mary is a Bird of Pray" and the title track "Lupus Dei". Weaker tracks like "Tiger of Sabrod" and the sort-of-ballad "When the Moon Shines Red" are still good efforts, and appears weaker only in comparison with other, stronger tracks present on the album. Regarding the musicians, Attila Dorn is clerarly the star and main focus here, around whom everything else rotates. His job is truly great, his vocal performance remarkable as he has a powerful voice that boasts out and kicks you in the chest. The rest of the band delivers, with great solos and main riffs that enters your brain from start. Production is excellent and presents really high standards, as is also the songwriting. To sum up, Lupus Dei is a really good album, and I can strongly recommend it to any metalhead, also if power is not your preferred style. Despite some minor flaws like kind of cheesy lyrics here and there and an excessive operatic background (that can in some occasion feel repetitive and forced), this is indeed a very good album with a lot of great features, perfect to set up the power mood and release a high level of energy. Prepare to feel as you're headbanging with the wolves, because you will! Canines line the pews tonight. - 86% Powerwolf is something of a miracle in evolution as far as werewolves go, spawning a style of metal that was considered passé about 20 years ago, yet for some reason coming off as fairly fresh and revitalized in spite of themselves. The over-the-top pale gothic getup is definitely reminiscent of the theatrics common to a Mercyful Fate performance, and the entirely unsubtle classic heavy metal verse/chorus approach is right out of the standard NWOBHM approach. The only thing this band hasn’t done is morph into an out and out Ozzy Osbourne clone and start barking at the moon. Having said that, their perpetually mid-tempo debut “Return In Bloodred” did leave a bit to be desired, mostly because of a lack of variety and a slavish adherence to early 80s metal clichés. To put it bluntly, it wasn’t exactly what one would expect out of a band claiming the power metal genre, but more something of a deliberate throwback to a time before the term was even applied to the likes of Metallica. It definitely had the catchy elements down, but lacked staying power and came off as a bit rushed. But like a much needed silver bullet, “Lupus Dei” all but completely remedies any shortcomings in the band’s sound and actually lives up to the larger than life image the band sports. Likening this to a werewolf’s church service wouldn’t be much of a stretch, particularly when considering the heavy amount of pipe organ lines intermingling with the archaic guitar riffs. The muttered rendition of the hail Mary comes off as more of a call to arms than an actual prayer, but segues nicely into a set of massive sing-along winners in “We Take It From The Living” and “Prayer In The Dark”, both of which recap the bands love of stage-bound anthems, yet also brings in a slight baroque flair almost akin to a twisted reinterpretation of the phantom of the opera. Dorn’s massive tenor further perpetuates the image of a romanticized nightmare in a stained glass temple, sailing above a set of familiar riffs somewhat reminiscent of Hammerfall. Things get even better as the album progresses, setting the stage for some actual excursions into the faster side of power metal. “Vampires Don’t Die” is arguably the best song on here, bringing out a much more glorious and celebratory character to the creature whose image has been raped by the “Twilight” saga. Coming up not too far behind is “Mother Mary Is A Bird Of Prey” with a massive chorus and an equally strong riff set. I defy anyone to listen to either of these two songs and not catch oneself singing along with the horns raised on the first listen. This is arguably the best album that Powerwolf has put out to date, and definitely a clear improvement over the largely one-dimensional predecessor. It gets a tiny bit overblown at times, but anyone with a clear memory for the darker days of metal when Sabbat and Hell were reveling in the blackened masses in the dead forests of northern Europe; this is cut from similar stock and almost as good.

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