Return in Bloodred
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April 4, 2005 |
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Power Metal , Doom Metal (Influences) |
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9 or 12 |
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40:03 or 54:02 |
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Return in Bloodred (dt. Return to blood red ) is the first album from German power metal band Powerwolf . It was released on April 4, 2005 on Metal Blade Records .
History and texts
The first songs for the album such as Mr. Sinister and We Came to Take Your Souls , which were completed in the first session, were written in June 2004.
The album was recorded within eight days in September 2004 at Studio Fredman . The drummer "Stéfane Funèbre" had to be temporarily replaced by "Tom Diener" during the recording due to tendinitis .
Mr. Sinister was the first song Powerwolf had ever written; this served as a guide for the style they adopted. The text is about Vlad II. Dracul , Dracula's father .
We Came to Take Your Souls tells about a war between Romania and the Ottoman Empire under Vlad III. Drăculea.
Kiss of the Cobra King tells a story about a wolf who is defeated by a snake in a fight. The story is symbolic of the war between Romania and the Ottoman Empire already dealt with in We Came to Take Your Souls . According to older interviews, this is an old Romanian legend; the band biography The History of Heresy I , on the other hand, claims that the idea arose during a trial session when “Attila” ordered a hit group rehearsing in an adjoining room to be quiet, otherwise they would be “bitten by the Cobra King”.
Demons & Diamonds criticizes the effects of the pursuit of power and wealth.
Montecore is about the tiger of the same name, who seriously injured the magician Roy Horn in 2003 .
The Evil Made Me Do It and Lucifer in Starlight have strong Doom Metal influences and are a tribute to Black Sabbath . Lucifer in Starlight deals with the fascination for the devil.
In contrast to the rest of the album, Son of the Morning Star does not include guitar, drums or bass; In addition to “Attila's” singing, only organ sounds are used. Lyrically the song describes the biblical apocalypse .
The album was re-released in 2014 as part of the box set The History of Heresy Part I 2004 - 2008 together with the album Lupus Dei , a DVD from a performance at Wacken Open Air 2008 and a biography.
Track list
Standard version
- Mr. Sinister - 4:39
- We Came to Take Your Souls - 4:01
- Kiss of the Cobra King - 4:32
- Black Mass Hysteria - 4:12
- Demons & Diamonds - 3:39
- Montecore - 5:19
- The Evil Made Me Do It - 3:39
- Lucifer in Starlight - 4:50
- Son of the Morning Star - 5:12 am
Bonus tracks (The History of Heresy I)
- Mr. Sinister (Live) - 5:38
- We Came to Take Your Souls (Live) - 4:08
- Kiss of the Cobra King (Live) - 5:26
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- ↑ a b c Book: The History of Heresy I.
- ↑ Spirit of Metal : Interview , accessed August 2, 2015
- ↑ a b c metalspheres.de: Interview , accessed on August 3, 2015
- ↑ getreadytorock.com: Interview: Matthew Greywolf (Powerwolf) , accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ a b c Vampster : Powerwolf: King Diamond? Who is this? , accessed on August 3, 2015
- ↑ a b metal.de: Interview with Matthew Greywolf about "Return in Bloodred" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 3, 2015
- ↑ a b c d twilight-magazin.de: Descriptions of the individual songs by Return in Bloodred , accessed on August 3, 2015
