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| Allegiance | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 60454
Category: Music
Artist: Firewind
Publisher: Century Media
Studio: Century Media
Manufacturer: Century Media
Label: Century Media
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 8321
UPC: 727701832128
EAN: 0727701832128
ASIN: B000JJSOZK
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Allegiance | | • | Insanity | | • | Falling to Pieces | | • | Ready to Strike | | • | Breaking the Silence - Firewind, | | • | Deliverance | | • | Till the End of Time | | • | Dreamchaser | | • | Before the Storm | | • | Essence | | • | Where Do We Go from Here? | | • | Falling to Pieces [*][Multimedia Track] |
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Album Description
After Gus G. left his other bands (Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage and Dream Evil) to concentrate on Firewind, a line up change took place with Apollo (ex-Time Requiem, Majestic) and Mark Cross (ex-Helloween, Metalium) joining the band. With a brand new line up, Firewind is modern melodic metal at it's best!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Firewind rolling along!! January 14, 2009
Allegiance is the first Firewind CD I picked up. It is awesome!! I have since added three more of their CDs to my collection. The guitar work on this CD smokes with super fast leads that fit the songs well. Every song rocks and will have you head banging and singing along to the chorus. I wish some of these fantastic metal bands from Europe would come to the US. This CD belongs in every Power Metal collection!!
A Predictable-yet Shining example of Power Metal November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's power metal. A genre whose goal is to keep alive all of those old-"stodgy" metal stereotypes of the 1980's, meaning swords, sorcery... and Dungeons and Dragons in your basement.
In many respects the resurgence of power metal over the last 5 years or so is both a blessing and a curse.
I say this as a fan, and not as a hater, but this album will not blow you away with anything you haven't heard before--especially if you're an old veteran of metal, meaning you know who Iron Maiden is.
This band plays it safe, but again, the walls of Power Metal are clearly defined: Classically inspired riffs; Check. Operatic (defined as falsetto male vocals or guys with really tight pants): Check. Shredding guitar riffs: Check. Insane leads: Check. Slightly cheesy keyboards inspired by Rush and Steve Miller Band: Check.
What this album isn't: Dragonforce. But, who the hell is?
Actually compared to the entire genre of Power Metal, this one is by far the one I can listen to over and over again without it getting too repetitive (or cheesy. Well... THAT's relative!)
If you're a fan of PM and haven't picked it up yet, BUY IT.
 not bad July 7, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
A yngwie cover band. He needs a singer with a distinctive voice and he needs a guitar sound all his own. All this european power metal sounds the same. This is better than most. But all the songs run together like one long song. His first two albums were much better. He gets more and more commercial and less interesting with each passing album.
 A friend's advice April 28, 2008
I picked up Firewind's Allegiance from a friend's advice and I purchased the other 4 right away. This good, fast, hard rock music at its best.
Great heavy melodic power. Definitely talented band. February 15, 2008
I just found out about Firewind a couple of weeks ago and decided to pick up their latest release, "Allegiance". I was not wrong in my choice - it turned out to be an awesome heavy metal album with really sweet hooks of power metal, 80s metal, and heavy speed metal here and there.
Lots of great solos on this one, the riffs are nice and heavy, the vocals are simply superb. The lead singer reminds me of a mix of Roy Khan (Kamelot) and Geoff Tate (Queensryche), but a little heavier.
The instrumental of the album is "Before The Storm" and is one of the most beautiful metal instrumentals I have ever heard.
Overall, a very solid 4 stars, could be 5 with a few more longer tracks and solos, but still an incredible album to listen to. I highly recommend this to everyone who likes Edguy, Kamelot, Queensryche, and Iron Maiden.
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