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Germany, website in German, but international heavy truly powerful metal for all they are worth. Why not set the ambitions high when you have the capability to reach the high goals in metal? Messenger may not be the most well known band, but dressed in leather they are remorseless in their appearance and style. It would not be wrong to state that there are inspirations from HammerFall sneaking around, and their song Falconlord is based on the origin from the title song See You In Hell, but otherwise there is nothing to complain about, only a lot of damned good stuff to give you the chills down your back. This is enormous and hits where it hurts, Messenger has made a cd that could be in the top 10 German albums this year, pure and simple.
First signs of HammerFall comes in The Prophecy wielding withheld metal and supremely held tight by Siggi Schüsslers dominant vocal work. See You In Hell stands for melodic metal and pirate metal that makes the bells ring with the metal quality most metalheads likes. As mentioned Falconlord could be the little brother of See You In Hell but the Falconlord song has more uncompromised power inside so it's not entirely the same cut. Lindisfarne blast away with good melodic power that could break the remaining doubts of the band aside. The Dragonships gives another dimension to the album with some strong and epical side to the metal album from Messenger. Land Of The Brave is more of the HammerFall sound that fits perfectly to their material. Valkyries has genuine Viking metal of the greatest quality, the chorus is repeated strongly during the song, but it seems right and does not spoil it in any way.
I'm on my knees for this album's great musical spirit and power.
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