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Bronze Age
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:38 pm 
 

01. Hail To The Warriors
02. Feel The Fire
03. Love Beyond The Grave
04. High Noon
05. Before This Time
06. Higher
07. Mean Streets
08. Open Road
09. Mortal Eyes
10. Lost Dreams
11. Lean Into It
12. No More



I love Riot and I for one am glad theses guys are continuing on with Thundersteel style metal! Todd Michael Hall sounds great as always.


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Opus
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:24 am 
 

I'll remain apprehensive til I've heard more. It seems a bit like their latest album: good riff and chorus, wonky verses.
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Bronze Age
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:45 pm 
 

Another single was released but I could not find anything on Youtube. Feel the Fire. https://music.apple.com/us/album/mean-s ... 1716786221

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Bronze Age
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:16 am 
 

This is coming out in April not February.


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thrashinbatman
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:22 am 
 

Bronze Age wrote:
This is coming out in April not February.


not entirely sure this is single material but i like this song. it'll probably be really good in the context of the record.

EDIT: also the main riff is basically just Grinder by Judas Priest.

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LycanthropeMoon
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:45 pm 
 

These songs are fun and get my seal of approval.
Hopefully the album is good (I think it will be - loved the last one).

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Hardworlder
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Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:42 pm
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:59 pm 
 

Hope I can catch them on tour...

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StarshipTrooper
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Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:42 pm
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Location: Chile
PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:52 pm 
 

Nice song, it's more like early Riot.

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MetlaNZ
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:06 pm 
 

I really dig Riot but I'm not loving these singles. Shallow is the word I'm thinking of to describe them. Hopefully there's better more substantial tunes on the album.

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Bronze Age
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:07 pm 
 

thrashinbatman wrote:
not entirely sure this is single material but i like this song. it'll probably be really good in the context of the record.
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I thought the same thing.

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Bronze Age
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:29 pm 
 

I'll say it again, Todd Michael Hall is excellent here.

This is pushed back to May.


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Bronze Age
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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2024 11:58 pm 
 

I am enjoying this. Another strong Riot V album.

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Hardworlder
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 10:03 am 
 

Yeah I'm digging it too. Couple weak tracks but overall great stuff. I hope they add some more US dates, right now there's only one and it's the same night as Maiden that I already have tickets to.

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tomcat_ha
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 1:16 pm 
 

its decent, nothing spectacular. Good for a long running band basically.

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Empyreal
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 1:50 pm 
 

Sounding good - only thing you can say is they take absolutely no real risks and it's essentially a legacy project now, but they make up for it with good energy, cool songs, some real catchy stuff. It's enjoyable. Probably gonna be fun to drive to. Todd Michael Hall sounds cool and there's some great riffs going.
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StarshipTrooper
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 2:46 pm 
 

This is a nice album. Definitely better than Armour of Light.

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Twisted_Psychology
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 3:36 pm 
 

On a scale of “yep, this sure is a legacy band doing the same thing they always do, all right,” it’s probably on the same level as the new Saxon. Hitting good, not as good as the new Priest but definitely hitting better than the new Accept.
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 4:24 pm 
 

They certainly have their thing, and they do it well.

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SanPeron
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2024 9:03 pm 
 

Fun and catchy, I had a good time listening to this album. I like the 80s Riot more, but this album is pretty good. The production is great, and the album delivers good American traditional heavy/power metal.
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Dungeon_Vic
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PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2024 8:08 am 
 

I like it. Not great, very far from terrible, some very good songs.

But I am waaay more interested in seeing them live again, they put on one hell of a show.
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PostPosted: Wed May 15, 2024 11:28 pm 
 

I though it was great, definitely the best of the "Riot V" era, and maybe just a tad below Immortal Soul and the early Mike DiMeo era. Their new singer has really started to gel with the rest of the band and the guitar work on here totally slays.
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