HyperGlaive
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| Studio album from Mega Colossus | ||||
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Publication |
December 13, 2016 (US), April 28, 2017 (Europe) |
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| Label (s) | Aftermath Music , Killer Metal Records | |||
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Format (s) |
Vinyl, download, CD |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
46 min 33 s |
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Al Jacob |
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Studio (s) |
Warrior sound |
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HyperGlaive is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Mega Colossus (previously "Colossus"). It was released in 2016 by Aftermath Music in the formats vinyl and download and in 2017 by the German music label Killer Metal Records as a CD version.
Emergence
The album was recorded by Al Jacob at the Warrior Sound music studio in Carrboro , North Carolina . Jamie King was responsible for the mastering. The redesign of the logo and the design of the cover was done by Chris Prince, while Marek Jastrzebski was responsible for the layout of the CD booklet.
A “crazy video” was shot for the song You Died . Otherwise there were two concerts in North Carolina on the occasion of the publication.
Songs
The album contains eight songs. The CD booklet does not contain any information on the authorship of the individual pieces.
- Sunsword - 4:51 am
- Sea of Stars - 05:32
- Gods and Demons - 6:09 am
- The Judge - 06:16
- Betta Master - 05:13
- Behold the Worm - 04:49
- You Died - 05:58
- Star Wranglers - 0:41
Trivia
The band is known for its basic geek-heavy texts, in particular for several songs related to the fantasy cycle Dune by Frank Herbert . On the album HyperGlaive these references can be found in the song Behold the Worm .
reception
At Powermetal.de , the album won first place in the soundcheck 12/2016 and received 9 out of 10 points in the individual review. In the sum of the individual parts, "Joy of playing, innovative, gripping riffs and solos and a natural, but also powerful production" were named, which led to a very positive conclusion:
"" Hyperglaive "has become an album that, with its energy and enthusiasm, illuminates every dreary winter day and infects everyone with a good mood, positive madness in sheet form and an absolute must for fans of traditional heavy metal."
At metal-temple.com the album received an overall rating of 8 out of 10 possible points, an "Excellent" rating and the result:
"In their new form, the reptiles of MEGA COLOSSUS declared victory with their debut album, a highly interesting melodic piece of music that unearthed the purpose of the old British scene and revealed it in the present."
In issue 362 of Rock Hard , Andreas Schiffmann awarded 7.5 points for the album and stated:
“Hyperglaive is not a higher science, but eight times more direct, lovingly melodically staged Heavy Metal with weird fantasy or sci-fi lyrics, which one can still listen to with joy ten years from now. [...] anyone who can forge real metal in such a cliché-free manner has to be loved one way or another. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b MEGA COLOSSUS: “Hyperglaive” record release shows in North Carolina (News). In: metal-temple.com. January 13, 2017, accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Steffen Hung: Mega Colossus - Hyperglaive. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Alex Fähnrich: Review: MEGA COLOSSUS - Hyperglaive. In: darkscene.at. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Mega Colossus - Hyperglaive. In: pestwebzine.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Raphael Päbst: Highlight at the end of the year. In: powermetal.de. December 18, 2016, accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ^ Mega Colossus (Music). In: tvtropes.org. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Soundcheck 12/2016. In: powermetal.de. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Lior "Steinmetal" stone: Mega Colossus - HyperGlaive. In: metal-temple.com. February 27, 2017, accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Andreas Schiffmann: Hyperglaive. In: Rock Hard # 362. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .