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Out for Blood

by SHADOWS

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pinkytheent Have you always liked the idea of Ghost, but they just haven't done it for you? Shadows would like a word! For me, it expertly blends the best of Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, and other titans of the time and also the EXCITEMENT that ran through that music (including, yes, a catchy pop sensibility!) into a nonetheless original sound. I love the excellent songwriting and the sounds of all instruments wrapped in a purply fog (especially the vocals). Favorite track: The Ripper.
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sachavonkarl74 Trad Heavy metal from Chile ? Wow yes please !! This is a good set of tracks with amazing guitar solos, riffs and hooks, epic melodies and a bit a raw Alice Cooper vocal style. A blend of Mercyful Fate and Black Sabbath, but also Satan and King Diamond. Dark and occult lyrics follow accordingly! Love the final product!! Favorite track: The Ripper.
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Stephan From the riffing to the vocals, there are moments that can be categorized as borderline doom or black metal, yet without ever fully crossing that threshold. The music can be described as theatrical, and catchy melodies dominate throughout. Reminds me at times of Mercyful Fate! What a great album from Chile! Favorite track: Into the Nightmare.
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Nightstalker 04:22
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The Ripper 03:20
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Sacrifice 03:45
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Dream Paralysis 01:13
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Into the Nightmare 04:20
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Forgotten Rites 03:54
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Out for Blood 01:13
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Maniac 03:52
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Fullmoon 01:28
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Alissa 04:00

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After the pure magic and fire of the "Into the Nightmare" precursor demo tape, we're thrilled to bring you its full-scale successor and evolution: the unrivaled debut album by Chilean heavy metal cult Shadows. Packing in 30 minutes of legendary songwriting and visionary revivalism "Out for Blood" takes us back to a time, somewhere in the early 80's, when acts like Mercyful Fate, Satan, Death SS, Judas Priest, and Alice Cooper were laying the unforgettable foundations of what would soon become a generational, industry-changing phenomenon: the defining of heavy metal as we know it. A raging and undying fire of searing leads, thundering drums, spooky operatic vocals, ripping guitars, unforgettable hooks and outrageous transgression. With no hesitation or limits to its deathless imagination, Shadows has conceived a classic metal crucible of unparalleled wizardry and dominance, using familiar concepts borrowed from dark b-movies, old comic strips, occultism and esotericism to take the listener down a dark, left-hand path of cinematic storytelling, thrilling fantasy, dark impulses and transgressive paranoia. The ten tracks of "Out for Blood" display a breadth of tricks and expertise rarely seen at such an accomplished level in contemporary NWOTHM and classic metal acts, and this should come as no surprise knowing that Shadows mastermind and main songwriter John Shades (a pseudonym of Cristian Silva of Apostasy fame), has been shaping the pillars of true and untamed underground South American heavy metal for at least three decades. Using a mist of dark, keyboard-laden atmospheres, vorticose melodies and a dominating, dual attack of criss-crossing, blazing razor-sharp solos, Shades and his co-conspirators have unfolded a half-hour of absolute, boundless imagination, covering almost fifty years of heavy metal evolution and transformation, and delving deep into the primordial fabric of the genre's most defining traits, those of technical extremism, frantic intensity, and adrenaline-pumping darkness. A full-frontal assault on the senses where the limitless imagination of epic storytelling and of rare musicianship have converged in creating the ultimate homage, heirloom and celebration to the undying, sacred and eternal flame of heavy metal.

HEAVY METAL IS THE LAW AND ONLY DEATH IS REAL.

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released May 19, 2023

All Tracks Written By John Shades
Front and Back cover Paintings By Arkadiusz Zając
Produced and Mixed By Sebastian Palominos
Mastered at LAMECH Sound Design

Recorded at Vardager Records, Quilpue CHILE, Engineered by Sebastian Palominos
Photgraphy and Make Up by Torment Films
Graphic Design by CS-GRAFICA & MA

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