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Battlelore is a band from the north of
Finland that was formed as a project in 1996 by the band leader Jyri Vahvanen.
Today Battlelore is a real band with six members, among them Jyri's own
brother Henri who handles the drum sticks. After recording two demos they have
now been signed to Napalm Records for the release of their debut album. I must
say that I come to appreciate Napalm Records more and more for every year that
passes by because they are extremely good at finding new original acts. When
you listen to this album you embark upon a journey through majestic musical
landscapes with wonderful melodies, a dreamlike atmosphere and fantasy tales,
everything created by six very passionate individuals who seem to fit together
very well, at least judging by the impressive result of their very first label
release. The music is hard to describe, it has some in common with black metal
because of the growling-roaring vocals but Battlelore is so much more than
that. Here we can find powerful bombastic keyboard enhanced tracks like
"Swordmaster" and "Fangorn", an emotional ballad called "The Green Maid"
and the industrial "Shadowgate". The band is also lucky to have access to
one of the most beautiful voices I've heard in the name of Kaisa Jouhki. The
vocals vary from whispers and clean ones (both male and female) to roars and
screams. Even though these young Finnish people seem to have read too much of
Tolkien's great works they have recorded one of the most impressive debut
albums of 2002. If you enjoy such diverse acts as Rakoth, Kalmah and Tristania
you will hopefully like Battlelore as well. Stand-out tracks: "Swordmaster",
"Journey To Undying Lands", "The Green
Maid".
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1. Swordmaster |
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2. The Grey Wizard 3. Raging Goblin 4. Journey To Undying |
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Lands 5. Shadowgate 6. Fangorn 7. The Green Maid |
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8. Khazad-dum Pt. 1 (Ages Of Mithril) 9. Ride With The Dragons |
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