{"id":7525,"date":"2012-10-26T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:37:14","slug":"album-review-orden-ogan-to-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-orden-ogan-to-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"ORDEN OGAN – To The End (2012) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORDEN OGAN
To The End<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAFM (2012)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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German power metallers Orden Ogan return with their fourth full-length album, and second for AFM Records. The band have built up a cult following over the years with their own brand of power metal tinged with folk and pagan qualities. They are also recognisable as the organisers of the German metal festival WinterNachtsTraum. <\/p>\n

This is my first experience with Orden Ogan and I\u2019m quite surprised at To The End<\/em>. I am hard pressed to name a band with as much feeling and melody in their music that still maintains the sense of heaviness present here.<\/p>\n

\u2018This World Of Ice\u2019 and \u2018Land Of The Dead\u2019 have all the majesty of power metal but are as driven as early Manowar. \u2018Dying Paradise\u2019 has a backstreet sound coupled with some insanely melodic soloing and huge gang vocals that make this among the most anthemic tracks on the album.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Ice Kings\u2019 is an epic ballad that is as musically interesting as a song like this can be. The lead guitars are huge, the vocals are completely over the top, and the underlying acoustic elements keep everything going in the same direction. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty of three a.m. front room bar bonding songs here as well. \u2018The Things We Believe In\u2019 is an inspiring rocker that you can\u2019t help but lift your beer, bob your head, and sing along to. The title track completely shreds, revealing quickly why the album dons its name. \u2018Angels War\u2019 takes a minute or so to get going, but once it does it\u2019s a massive epic that will appeal to fans of power or progressive metal. <\/p>\n

There are a few things here that I didn\u2019t care for, such as the piano-led \u2018Take This Light\u2019 that borders on AOR and takes the album out on a completely boring note. \u2018Till The Stars Cry Out\u2019 and \u2018Mystic Symphony\u2019 chime in as average at best and do little more than round out the album. While they are enjoyable, they are also fairly forgettable in my opinion. But overall, this is a really excellent album with a few tracks that feel like filler. <\/p>\n

Orden Ogan will unquestionably be turning heads with To The End<\/em>. The album has a big bright sound combined with crisp, clean production that allows each instrument to be distinctly heard. This is the kind of production work that makes power metal so appealing because it turns these songs into full on stadium anthems. I will definitely be digging into this band\u2019s back catalogue and look forward to hearing more from them on future releases.<\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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