Description

Reduced price due to cover having marks in corners

Original 2009 press on green vinyl with lyric insert. Limited 100 numbered copies

French metal act Lonewolf’s album 2009 album The Dark Crusade has a hovering sound somewhere between Running Wild and Grave Digger, a fully guitar-driven sound with deep, crumbling vocals that are like Chris Boltendahl if he received a testosterone injection. The riffs have that sort of relentless Rock n Rolf picking style, streams of melodies that could just as simply cast one’s memory back to times of history, both real and imagined, but ever glorious and spiked like a gauntlet. They stick to a similar pattern for several of the songs, yet it works, and you likely won’t want it to change if you’re a fan of either of their primary influences. The Dark Crusade is hellish fun, especially if you enjoy the above mentioned metal acts, or something like Paragon or Iron Savior. The classic monster/horror scheme has been done by many bands already, like Iced Earth or The Vision Bleak, but none that really sound this true to the great German style. This is power metal with actual power, you won’t find female vocals lousing up the songs or an excess use of sparkly little keyboards, with the exception of intros. This is all meant to reproduce into a live setting and have you smashing your mailed fists against the stage and your own skull. Hilariously awesome.

Track list:
1. Dragons Of The Night
2. Viktoria
3. Legacy Of The Wild
4. The Dark Crusade
5. Hail Victory
6. Warrior Priest
7. The Wolf Division
8. Heathen Horde
9. Words Of The Witch
10. Winter Farewell
11. The Hour Zero