{"id":98415,"date":"2023-02-24T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98415"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:41:26","slug":"album-review-air-raid-fatal-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-air-raid-fatal-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"AIR RAID &#8211; Fatal Encounter (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>AIR RAID<br \/>Fatal Encounter<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">High Roller (2023)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/airraid_fatalencounter.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>It could be argued that this Swedish melodic metal act is offering nothing new, but if you like tight, infectious throwback metal then I highly recommend Air Raid\u2019s fourth full-length outing.<\/p>\n<p>Having formed back in 2009, Air Raid \u2013 even through its varying line-up changes \u2013 has remained a consistent, driving force within the scene. Guitarist Andreas Johansson is the only original member, but he has mastered that definitive 80s vibe with his impressive axe work. Alongside him, Magnus Mild brings further fiery dynamics \u2013 the duo shifting between galloping traditional metal and steelier and at times speedier segments.<\/p>\n<p>Vocalist Fredrik Werner, who joined in 2017, has a powerful tone that adds to the potent framework, and more often than not these guys hint towards a niftier and slightly milder W.A.S.P. sort of vibe as the likes of \u2018Thunderblood\u2019 and \u2018Lionheart\u2019 shift and rumble with ballsy effect.<\/p>\n<p>If you like soulful serious metal like Rainbow through to Tokyo Blade, Dokken and Euro power metal then you can\u2019t go wrong with Air Raid. The darkly tinged yet sturdy \u2018Edge Of A Dream\u2019, the epic \u2018Let The Kingdom Burn\u2019, it\u2019s all here \u2013 powerhouse heavy metal drenched in that 80s menace and keeping pace with Euro-Goth thunderclaps.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing pretentious or false about the design of Air Raid; straight up metal is on the menu and served up with extra spice from a waiter that doesn\u2019t have time for humour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIR RAIDFatal Encounter High Roller (2023)Rating: 8\/10 It could be argued that this Swedish melodic metal act is offering nothing new, but if you like tight, infectious throwback metal then I highly recommend Air Raid\u2019s fourth full-length outing. Having formed back in 2009, Air Raid \u2013 even through its varying line-up changes \u2013 has remained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5264,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-raid","category-album-ep-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98416,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98415\/revisions\/98416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}