The Dying Race
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| Studio album by Crows | ||||
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Publication |
1991 |
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| Label (s) | Century Media Records | |||
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Format (s) |
CD , LP , music cassette |
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Title (number) |
8 (re-release: 15) |
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running time |
36:46 (Re-release: 76:16) |
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Waldemar Sorychta , Ralf Figura (co-producer) |
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Studio (s) |
Woodhouse Studio (recording), Morrisound Studios (mix) |
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The Dying Race is the only album by the German power metal band Crows .
Publications
The Dying Race was released in 1991, the year the band split up, on the European and Japanese markets. Up until then, Crows had only published a few demos and a contribution to a sampler . An untitled recording from 1990 already contained the pieces We Are the Storm and Insanitiy Defense .
In 2013, Divebomb Records also released a release in the United States, which also included seven bonus tracks, including the songs from the 1989 demo The Legions .
Track list
- The Frantic Factor - 3:26
- Too Proud To Fight - 4:23
- We Are The Storm - 3:51
- “Four” - 4:25
- East Of Eden - 4:09
- Change The Border - 6:21
- Insanitiy Defense - 6:22
- The Dying Race - 3:45
(Music and lyrics: Crows )
The re-release from 2013 also contained the titles:
- 4 - 4:59
- Hungry - 3:31
- Medusa - 4:58
- The Legions - 9:16
- Back to Back - 5:56
- Cover of Ruin - 5:22
- Angels Cry - 5:39
Song information
Musically, the album can be assigned to Power Metal throughout , the vocals have a slight echo . Too Proud to Fight , Change The Border and Insanitiy Defense are almost entirely in the slow tempo, while the other pieces are mostly held in the medium tempo. Guitar solos are used regularly.
In the lyrics, the band is dedicated to the natives of America as well as to their displacement and the destruction of their culture by European immigrants. The lyrical ego speaks regularly from the point of view of the oppressed, formulations like "quick mutilation of instincts and feeling - rape our talents to survive" are used in East Of Eden ), "march on like a lamb, in the arms of the slaughter" (Eng .: "march like a lamb into the arms of the butcher" in Change The Border ) and "Do you know there's hunger? Imagine that there's deadly pain ! " (Eng .: "Do you know that there is hunger? Imagine that there is pain in death!" in Insanitiy Defense ). With the exception of Insanitiy Defense , the verses of the individual songs are usually kept short and often only consist of two to four lines.
"Four" contains excerpts from The New Colossus as well as a reference to Canaan .
layout
The cover shows a frontal view of an Indian with head and neck jewelry. The right half of his face is covered by a graphic reminiscent of shattered glass. Two crows can be seen next to it.
Crows already gave a visual reference to Indian culture with the demo The Legions , the cover of which featured the idealized representation of a dream catcher with an integrated band logo and a crow sitting on it.
reception
In his review in the 55th edition of Rock Hard, Götz Kühnemund gave 8 out of 10 points and praised "how catchy melodies are combined with fast riffs". He also emphasized "the very clean and melodic vocal management" and the "powerful instrumentation".
On Rate Your Music , the album including the new release from 2013 was rated 3.55 out of a possible 5 points, spread over 77 reviews.
The overall rating of all issues on Discogs , based on 28 reviews, averages 4.11 out of 5 points.
Web links
- The Dying Race at Allmusic (English)
- The Dying Race (2013) at Bandcamp (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b band profile in the Metal Archives (English), accessed on June 21, 2020
- ↑ Demo (1990) in the Metal Archives (English), accessed on June 21, 2020
- ↑ The Dying Race (2013) on Discogs , accessed June 21, 2020
- ↑ The Dying Race (2013) on Rate Your Music , accessed June 21, 2020
- ↑ The Legions in the Metal Archives , accessed June 21, 2020
- ↑ Review in Rock Hard No. 55, accessed June 21, 2020
- ↑ The Dying Race on Rate Your Music , accessed June 21, 2020.
- ↑ The Dying Race on Discogs , accessed June 21, 2020.