Graven Image, the best of Metal
author: Anne Linnemann
I´m from germany and my english is not good, so i write in german. Perhaps a webmaster can translate it for all.
Graven Image ist die am meisten verkannte Band in diesem Genre. Wenn sie ein paar Jahre später am Start gewesen werden hätten sich manch andere Bands warm anziehen müssen um die Qualität dieser Songs und dieser Band zu erreichen.
Leider ist das bis heute nicht vielen gelungen.
Die Songs sind nicht altbacken wie man nach den langen Jahren denken könnte sondern kommen frisch und kraftvoll aus den Boxen gedonnert. Wohltuend ist die Gesangsstimme, die noch natürlich und rotzig frech ist und nicht wie bei vielen Bands in einem Eunuchengesang gipfelt.
Ich hoffe dass noch sehr viele Metalheads an diser Scheibe gefallen finden werden, denn man muss sie haben als Wiege des heutigen Heavy -Power- Melodic Metal.
So nun kauft sie, sie wird immer noch von der Band selbst vertrieben
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This is a must for every devoted US Metal freak
author: Toine van Poorten, NL
Very high vocals and a powerful beat. Okay, you have my attention. “Warn The Children” is a great opener on this compilation album of GRAVEN IMAGE. It captures some songs of the band, recorded in 1982 already, the picture disc version of “Warn The Children” / “No Rest For The Wicked” and “The Dungeon Demos”. All together worthy of twelve great old school US Metal songs and a playing time of about fifty-five minutes. The sound of the demo recordings is a bit stuffy and softer than the other songs, but it’s the exclusivity that counts with these kind of products. The big man behind GRAVEN IMAGE is Rob Griffin. He has put this all together. The underground sound, this band created, has got some influences of old school IRON MAIDEN (Paul Di Anno era) here and there. Just listen to the way “Wings Of War” is build up, for example. But then with a singer with a much higher voice. “Locked And Loaded” has a heavy drum sound and is build upon some strong, solid riffs. Most of the demo songs are instrumentals, but they still give you a good idea of the strength of this band. One of the highlights is “Graven Image” / “Fool’s Tomorrow”, a medley of two songs, that starts slowly and ends with an uptempo part in the second song. I wonder, what it would sound like with lyrics. Now it’s more like a long instrumental jam of about seven and a half minutes, yet still sounding very exciting. The CD, which is also available on vinyl, sold many copies at the metal market at the Keep It True festival last April. I think, we can talk about a real cult classic here, that is a must for every devoted US Metal freak out there.
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Classic 80's traditonal power metal at it's best
author: Michael Danyo
The re-releases here are on a CDR, and done quite professionally. This is traditional 80's power metal at it's best. It's nice to finally be able to get both ep's on disc format professionally. Graven Image is yet another 80's underground band overlooked during their prime. The songs are catchy and made me what to take on a pack of lions after listening, along with bringing back the memories and real days of metal.
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Pure 80s power metal for collectors.
author: Oliver K
This is a must-have for anyone into pure 80s metal, since the vinyl is near impossible to find and fetches steep prices. Be aware, however, that this is a CD-R with an extremely cheap photocopied cover and as such is a bit overpriced. Music-wise it's great stuff, nonetheless.
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