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Formed back in the early 80's, Danish hard rock band Fate made themselves quite a name on the metal/rock scene with their 4 superb albums. Originally heralded by the press and fans worldwide as the Danish version of Van Halen, the band rocketed into success with the self titled debut album and its three successors becoming sought after classics among the hard rock / melodic metal fans. The band broke up after the fourth album and reunited in July 2004 with a live performance at the 'Deep Impact Open Air' festival in Munich. Fifteen years of absence from the circuit saw a band, now consisting of singer Per Henriksen/Johanson, guitarist Soren Hoff, bassist Peter Stienke and drummer Mikael Kvist, that were hungry for a full comeback and in 2006 a fifth album was released with the title ‘V’. The band turned to producer Tommy Hansen who did a great work on ‘Scratch N Sniff’ back in 1990. ‘V’ features a set of good hard rockin’ tunes with common ideas and guitar work, while the ’wild’ vocals of Johansson create mixed emotions. In half the songs they are rather suitable, offering high dozes of adrenaline while at most ’sentimental’ tunes he sounds a little bit ’overloaded’. Scanning for similarities, the music is based (more or less) on the Fate tradition – maybe a more ’harsh’ approach – while fans of bands in the likes of Treat or Dalton will certainly enjoy this disc. Track listing: 1. Butterfly 2. Heaven's Crying Too 3. Everything About You 4. Ecstacy 5. Nobody Loves You The Way I Do 6. Burned Child 7. I'll Get By 8. Life 9. Fate 10. Memories Won't Die 11. Toxic