{"id":98619,"date":"2023-01-13T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98619"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:39:55","slug":"album-review-immortalizer-born-for-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-immortalizer-born-for-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"IMMORTALIZER – Born For Metal (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMMORTALIZER
Born For Metal<\/strong><\/span>
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\nBrainLab (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2015 the leather-clad Canadian multi-instumentalist Dave D.R. launched his one-man project Immortalizer. A year later the single \u2018Unleashed\u2019 \/ \u2018Lost\u2019 emerged and then he seemed to disappear. Fast-forward to 2020 and a single entitled \u2018Lemmy\u2019 was released followed in quick succession by a batch of other singles, but he then went quiet again. Of course, what was clearly happening during this time was Dave\u2019s continuing work on this debut full-length offering which features a majority of the singles issued previously.<\/p>\n

When I first saw the digitized cover art I wasn\u2019t sure I was going to like this, but was rather surprised. Born For Metal<\/em> bridges that gap between Annihilator and Megadeth<\/a> at their most melodic, which is summed up by the catchy opening track \u2018Out In The Streets\u2019 where Dave\u2019s melodic sneer is quite the joy.<\/p>\n

The album keeps its rhythm throughout bringing forward ten solid tunes which marry traditional metal, power metal and to a lesser extent thrash, whether it is the galloping \u2018Cut Loose\u2019, the anthemic thrasher \u2018We Were Born For Metal\u2019 (featuring guest vocals from Primal Fear\u2019s Ralf Scheepers) \u2013 complete with cheesy lyrics \u2013 and personal favourites \u2018Back In Time\u2019 with its mid-paced fire and the steely slog of the title track.<\/p>\n

Born For Metal<\/em> engages on melody alone, and believe me it is far more melodic than I expected it to be. At times the production feels a tad thin and it\u2019s a shame that the opus seems to suffer in the weight department, but one cannot deny Dave\u2019s axe work throughout. Again I refer to the sizzling solo on the title track, while \u2018The Fallen\u2019 \u2013 probably the heaviest number on the record \u2013 trudges nicely, as does \u2018Can\u2019t Let Go\u2019.<\/p>\n

Fans of pure metal will dig this and although the vibe does at times feel entrenched in the mid-90s when a lot of the bands we loved began to sound watered down, one cannot overlook the metallic core of this, even if elements tend to drip too much with cheese.<\/p>\n

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

IMMORTALIZERBorn For Metal BrainLab (2023)Rating: 7\/10 In 2015 the leather-clad Canadian multi-instumentalist Dave D.R. launched his one-man project Immortalizer. A year later the single \u2018Unleashed\u2019 \/ \u2018Lost\u2019 emerged and then he seemed to disappear. Fast-forward to 2020 and a single entitled \u2018Lemmy\u2019 was released followed in quick succession by a batch of other singles, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-immortalizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98619","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=98619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98620,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98619\/revisions\/98620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}