Octavo álbum de estudio de esta banda norteamericana de Hard Rock y Heavy Metal clásico.Tras una etapa convulsa en la que hubo varios cambios en la banda, éste es el primer disco con Mike DiMeo como vocalista.
El álbum fue editado en diversas ediciones cada una con un tema extra que variaba de un disco a otro. En esta reedición en Digipak se pueden encontrar todos esos temas reunidos en un solo disco (Faded Hero, I'm On The Run, Black Mountain Woman), además de la lista de temas originales.
De Wikipedia Nueva etapa de unos remozados Riot en la que sólo resistieron el irreductible Mark Reale, Bobby Jarzombek y Mike flyntz, que había entrado en la banda apoyando en directo a la formación de Thundersteel. El primer y notorio cambio se puede adivinar en la inicial Soldier con la voz de Mike DiMeo, con un color similar al de grandes vocalistas como David Coverdale y diametralmente opuesto al del precedente Tony Moore. El sonido de la banda vira claramente al hard rock pasional sin dejar de lado la esencia heavy metal que tan bien habían trabajado en la década anterior. La vena más melódica emergía en Destiny, una composición de DiMeo y Flyntz en la que se observa claramente el cambio de la nueva andadura de Riot. Siguiendo con la costumbre de incluir versiones, en esta ocasión atinaron más si cabe rindiendo tributo a Deep Purple con el mítico Burn. Otra novedad fue la inclusión de un género como las baladas, un estilo que no había abundado en la banda de Nueva York. In Your Eyes fue la prueba de esa tendencia más suave con un sensacional DiMeo al frente. Pero no se habían olvidado de su vena más heavy como prueban en el tema homónimo del disco, Nightbreaker. Medicine Man es el prototipo de hard rock potente a veces bluesy y pasional en el que se habían embarcado Riot. Silent Scream es de esas canciones que sólo ellos son capaces de escribir, esas piezas que tan dentro llevaba Mark Reale. Magic Maker era heavy rock puro en efervescencia mientras I’m On The Run se incluyó en la edición europea sustituyendo al A Whiter Shade Of Pale de Procol Harum. El hard rock de Babylon encamina hacia un curioso final: una recreación de sus mayores clásicos de la época Speranza: Outlaw. Como curiosidad, Nightbreaker salió con tres portadas diferentes, una en Japón, la otra en Europa y la de la reedición americana de 1999.
Tracklist:
1 Soldier 4:54 2 Destiny 4:42 3 Burn 6:00 4 In Your Eyes 4:34 5 Nightbreaker 4:12 6 Medicine Man 5:36 7 Silent Scream 5:08 8 Magic Maker 5:07 9 A Whiter Shade of Pale 4:59 10 Babylon 5:05 11 Outlaw 6:05 12 Faded Hero [bonus track] 5:32 13 I'm on the Run [bonus track] 14 Black Mountain Woman [bonus track]
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Reissue in digipak of Riot 8th studio album. It was originally edited in three different versions for USA, Europe and Japan, everyone of them with different covers and a different bonus track. All of the three extra tracks can be found in this edition.
From Metal Archives: Riot is, by default, an underrated and underappreciated band. They’ve overseen 30 years of evolution in the metal genre and have weathered every storm and backlash visited upon metal with such a stalwart vigor that it would make even such true metal acts as Manowar and Virgin Steele humble in their presence. They were at the forefront of the NWOBHM, despite being from New York, and beat both Rainbow and Judas Priest for the prize of composing the first double bass driven speed metal song. But their true power would not be tested until the time in which metal was on the verge of a massive decline, the grunge dominated 1990s.
1994 was the last frail gasp for metal in America, at least in the musical sense. Aside from Dio. Black Sabbath, MegaDeth, and a few others everybody was jumping on the groove bandwagon or diving back into the underground to explore the darker side of music in the Death Metal scene. By contrast, Riot would recruit a new vocalist and pump out a metal classic that rivaled the high octane comeback album “Thundersteel”.
“Nightbreaker” is an unapologetic hold over from the glory days of the 80s traditional metal scene, it has a good sense of variety to it but it doesn’t seek innovation at the cost of quality. You have heavy rock tracks such as “Soldier” and “Medicine Man” which scream early 80s Judas Priest. There is a good collection of slower riff monsters such as “Magic Maker” and “Babylon” that sound like the glory days of acts such as Accept and the Scorpions. Mid-tempo crushers such as “Burn” and “Outlaw” have some interesting surprises to it, the latter having an extended acoustic jam followed by a Van Halen inspired set of riffs, the former going in a Deep Purple/Rainbow direction and highlighting an excellent job by the drummer.
Things get a bit more experimental with “A whiter shade of pale”, which has an anthem-like atmosphere and actually may have been the source of inspiration for Freedom Call’s “The Wanderer” off the Crystal Empire album. “In your eyes” is a somber sounding love ballad with the stereotypical electric piano verses followed by a hard edged chorus, it’s a bit cliché, but it’s still good. The bonus track “Faded Hero” is a sort of epic ballad that has some interesting twists and turns, definitely a highlight of the album.
However, despite the large collection of great songs so far, Riot’s true strength is found in its faster songs. You’ve got a great cooker with an infectiously catchy chorus in “Destiny”, and an equally aggressive yet more politically charged lyrically driven fast track in “Silent Scream”. But the best one of the bunch is the title track, it’s got all of the attributes of the best tracks off of Thundersteel, yet Mike DiMeo’s vocal interpretation is a bit more varied in the range department, while Tony Moore’s vocals tended to stay up in the stratosphere.
In conclusion, this is an album that refused to conform to its time and like the other releases that followed it is consistent in its delivery. If you are cut from the traditional metal fold, this album is definitely a lost treasure worth seeking out. Fans of Power Metal who liked Thundersteel are also encouraged to pick this one up, as are fans of Gamma Ray, Freedom Call, Primal Fear, Iron Savior, Firewind and Falconer. Its production quality is a bit dated and the spirit of the 80s is heavily present, but it is definitely worth the price
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