Following their latest, self-titled studio album in 2020, hard rock / metal force FIREWIND are about to release their 20th anniversary live album titled ‘Still Raging‘. Since more than twenty years, the band founded by exceptional guitarist Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil) enthralls heavy music fans with their exciting blend of hard rock and power metal. Razor-sharp riffs, big hooks and solos meet the incredible vocal skills of charismatic singer Herbie Langhans (Avantasia, Seventh Avenue, amongst others), who joined the band in 2019.
“It’s hard to believe that a band like Firewind has been arodaund for 2 decades,” Gus G comments. “In 2022 we had only planned a re-issue of our debut album, but with the pandemic slowly winding down, we were fortunate enough to start doing shows in America and Europe again. Come Fall of 2022 we played 2 headline shows in our homeland, Greece to celebrate our 20th anniversary.”
On “Still Raging” FIREWIND performs all their best songs, and to be honest, these fresh live takes sound better than the original studio versions. This band rocks on stage, and it shows.
Fot the song selection the band delves deep back into their discography and nearly all albums covered (with 2005’s “Forged By Fire” being the only exception). There are quite a few songs from 2020’s self-titled album as, due to the pandemic, they were unable to play their new material to an audience at the time.
The new material such as ‘Welcome To The Empire’, ‘Orbital Sunrise’ and ‘Rising Fire’ sits comfortably alongside set staples such as ‘Head Up High’, ‘Ode To Leodinas’ and ‘Falling To Pieces’ as well as some golden oldies such as ‘The Fire And The Fury’ and ‘Between Heaven And Hell’.
The band are on superb form with singer Herbie Langhans sounding fantastic with a great melodic range whilst also having enough grit to his voice to compliment the heavy metal riffing from guitarist Gus G. who is nothing short of breathtaking with a fantastic array of crunchy metal riffs and insane solos.
The rhythm section of bassist Petros Christo and drummer Joe Nunez are a tight unit and are the backbone of the band holding everything together in this furious performance.
This is a great live release celebrating the 20th anniversary of Firewind. It has great performances and a great song selection, all very well recorded & mixed.
Gus G. continues; “While we’re currently hard at work on some new music, we hope this commemorative Live release will keep you good company, till our new Metal anthems arrive!”
Highly Recommended
Blu-Ray:
1. Welcome to the Empire
2. I am the Anger
3. Head Up High
4. Devour
5. Destination Forever
6. Orbitual Sunrise
7. World on Fire
8. Drum solo
9. The Fire & the Fury
10. Ode to Leonidas
11. Overdrive
12. Mercenary Man
13. Lady of 1000 sorrows
14. Break away
15. Between Heaven and Hell
16. Rising Fire
17. Maniac
18. Hands of Time
19. Few Against Many
20. Falling To Pieces
CD 1:
1. Welcome to the Empire
2. I am the Anger
3. Head Up High
4. Devour
5. Destination Forever
6. Orbitual Sunrise
7. World on Fire
8. Drum Solo
9. The Fire & the Fury
10. Ode to Leonidas
CD 2:
1. Overdrive
2. Mercenary Man
3. Lady of 1000 sorrows
4. Break Away
5. Between Heaven and Hell
6. Rising Fire
7. Maniac
8. Hands of Time
9. Few Against Many
10. Falling to Pieces
Firewind – Still Raging – 20th Anniversary Show 2023, MP3+BluRay
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