Here we have former Grave Digger guitarist
Uwe Lulis' band Rebellion with their third album. Going back, I must say I only mildly enjoyed Macbeth,
never heard Born a Rebel because the title scared me away and was worried it would just be horrible so I never bothered.
After hearing what their new on was about (Vikings etc), I thought I'd give it a shot.
Musically, it is what I expect. Some long, epic tracks, some double
bass neck breakers and a few mid-paced head bobbers to mix it all up. Vocally, it is what I expected as well...gruff
& rough mid-range rumbling similar to Grave Digger's, just not as high of a pitch and some great sing-songy choruses.
All ingredients to a great heavy, power metal album...it's just not that great.
The stories (included in the packaging in English and German) are
great and, I am assuming, accurate but some of the songs are too wordy...historically speaking. Singing 'King of...,
Earl of..., Son of...' in the songs kind of get old. I guess it is hard not to do that repeatedly when constructing
concept albums such as this, but I figure if they are going to include the stories in the liner notes, do we need all the
names in the songs as well? Just a thought.
Overall, it is a decent album but some of the songs get a little redundant
and are just a little too long.
Favorites: Ynglinga Saga, Treason, Harald Hadrade, Eric the Red
76 / 100
