Death Dealer - War Master

From Kraton's The Nusantara Chronicles to Death Dealer..Some new  cds ripped to 320kbps mp3s  that entertains me when I am walking or  taking public transport etc.

-Death Dealer was founded by guitarist Stu Marshall and singer Sean Pick who reminds me of Rob Halford with his screams. 
-They intend to create a super power of a metal band.
-Steve Harris is the name mentioned in their discussion for the choice of bassist, seems of "who else besides Steve Harris" discussion. I think they should have tried their luck.
-Rhino is chosen as the drummer, 
-and seems they don't have KK Downing's phone number so they called up Ross The Boss instead who immediately agreed to join especially  once he heard Rhino is the drummer.
-Having two ex-Manowar members from different eras, is actually one of the reason I got excited on this band,
 plus its nice to check out Ross The Boss plays heavy metal with another guitarist, sharing guitar duties and having dual solos.
-Anyway, I hope Death Dealer won't mean the end of Ross The Boss band, because I love their two albums and they are more Manowarish than the current Manowar.
Rhino, I kind of like at least one song of Rhino's band featuring Megadeth's Dave Ellefson but seems that band is no more? Babylon AD or something.

Death Dealer - War Master,
The songs are definitely Heavy Metal, sort of a heavy "Painkiller" and "Black Wind Fire and Steel" with touches of thrash, with lots of melody,
great singing and the singer is really terrific with lots of screams.
lots of fast and furious dual guitar solos,
even the bassist Mike Davis got his own bass lead.  

the songs-
-Death Dealer seems is about the Underworld's Vampires and Werewolves battles.
-Never To Kneel is very Manowar singalong style and lyrics, except heavier.
-Warmaster is brutal.
-Children Of Flames slows things down...just for a bit.
-Curse Of The Heretic gets me going everytime.  Reminds me of Rainbow's Kill The King.
Lyrics start with - "Blasphemous witch! drown the heathen!
and ends with a dramatic  - My Lord! "what is it?" The men they're all dead. Damn You! Bring me the witches head!. I was wondering how it would sound if Ronnie James Dio was singing this.
-Hammer Down has a sing along chorus. My least favourite.
-The Devil's Mile - Another fast song I really like. Speed demon. Love the short guitar harmony part.
- The last three songs are more of the same thundering metal...
-Liberty Or Death, Head Spikes Wall and Wraiths On The Wind end the album with more nice heavy metal, I feel re-energized after each listening to this album.


This is the Death Dealer War Master package that I got along with the cd.

-The cd comes in a digipak which includes a booklet with lyrics etc
-A poster
-A A4 size autographed photos of the 5 guys.
-A A4 size artwork. Is this the guy that did Killing The Dragon by Dio?
-Another booklet with stories by each band member on the band and also song by song opinion by each band member, plus stories of this band's beginning and the additional artworks and other stuffs.
-Couple of colourful stickers.
-Picks featuring the two guitarists and bassist.
-A very nice patch of of tthe band's logo. I really like this.

Maybe this band wont be popular, maybe there wont be a continuation, though seems they have 15 songs ready or semi-ready for album number two. I hope to hear album number two by them and some live performances.

metallica , death dealer , iron maiden fc mag 95

3 short things on
- Metallica live in Singapore 24th August 2013
- Death Dealer (Ross The Boss share guitar duties) nice package which comes with their cd
- Iron Maiden Fan Club Magazine number 95

ok Metallica, aku tahu mula2 dari sms, so cam biasa dah berapa tahun khabar angin Metallica nak datang so aku buat bodoh tapi dah siap date dan lokasi , hah boleh percaya kot haha.

"LOKASI!!"
Ni yang berapa benda aku fikir, bila aku tahu ni show memang confirm bukan kabar angin.
pertama - malas nya aku nak jalan kaki!!!..Changi Exhibition Center ni tempat selalu buat aerospace tu.
kedua - pentas dalam dewan hangar atau luar kat tarmac gitu....? so aku rasa ni kat luar kot..aku tak rasa dorang main 'in the middle' kot.
Sapa pernah gi aerospace tahu la bila hari2 yang open tu public, siap kena ada tiket advance nak gi tempat ni kena naik bas khas dari Pasir Ris Interchange, semua part of the package.
Rasanya semua maklum dan memang tahu ni tempat PUBLIC TRANSPORT jauh nak kena bertapak, pasal ni memang tempat jin-bertendang dan untuk acara tertetu aje. Tapi ni aku baru tahu Laureta Alabon and gang tu ada siapkan perkhidmatan bas khas untuk Metallica harga 5 ketul, cuma belum bilang jumpa kat interchange mana.
ketiga - Ok cakap pasal harga, apa aku tahu harga tiket 188 ketul dan 148 ketul.
I wish they had followed Slayer's ticketing system dulu, tiga price range...contoh why not $240/$140/$70??? or something like that...buat 3 layer bukan 2 layer.

Kalau depan $333 pun buat pit, panggil Diamond Pit Ticket ke hapa ke, aku rasa tentu ramai peminat hardcore Metallica sanggup.
Harga tiket mahal tu boleh imbangi harga tiket murah jadi semua peminat dapat rasa dari seluruh rantau South East Asia ni...
Tapi mungkin belum announce tapi Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Manila pun mungkin Metallica datang jugak Ogos ni cuma belum umum rasmi je? jadi ok la sapa nak gi tengok
mudah, tapi pengalaman aku jumpa peminat2 Maiden Jerman kat Frankfurt, mak ai, dari Stuttgart, ada driving 300km gi Frankfurt, macam2 la, biasa la German kan negara besar giler...walau ada 5,6 show merata Jerman tapi Frankfurt jugak dorang nak pegi, ni bukan yang jenis giler2 nye, kalau giler2 nye satu Jerman kot dorang round haha.

keempat - kalau aku pergi, aku nak diri mana? aku tak tahu apasal tapi aku tak berkenan ngan bassist baru tu...serious berbual, kalau aku dapat tiket free, tapi aku kena diri kat belah dia....aku rasa aku giveaway tu tiket, pasal buat apa aku nak tengok dia pasal aku tak minat kan.
So gi Metallica ni senang je tak macam tengok Maiden, huru hara tak tahu nak tengok sapa,
tengok Metallica ni, tengok James Hetfield, tengok Kirk Hammet, dah dua orang, Lars Ulrich - aku pasang telinga je.
kelima - Aku teringin nak gi Metallica ni, kira FOR OLD TIME SAKE bukan pasal aku tergila2 sangat ngan era sekarang mereka.
Aku last beli kaset Metallica ialah Black Album. Bila aku upgrade cd, aku upgrade sampai ...AJFA. eh? tak silap ...AJFA tu aku dapat free dari satu peminat Maiden kat Amerika, dia hadiahkan aku versi Jepun ada lagu The Prince tak salah.
Eh? aku ada beli double cd dorang yang semua lagu2 cover version tu apa tu...garage days ke hapa tu, tu alrite tu.
Unload!, Reload!,  cehhh - Reservist sey..
ok, ni aku tahu ada berapa lagu gerek ok.... lagu Avril Lavigne tu sedap laju, memory remains, Bleeding Me...hah..!! Bleeding Me memang giler nye aku terkejut bila first dengar pasal aku dengar live version, dalam hati aku cakap Metallica masih alrite.
St Anger? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Lulu??? Terbaik dari ladang...bukan sebarang ladang tapi ladang Indon yang kena bakar jerebu tu. Siot je eh aku kutuk2 Metalika nye Lulu.
Death Magnetic?? errrrr....aku tahu ada instrumental kat album ni sedap pasal ada satu brader melayu pernah passing aku semua empat malam show Metallica nye official soundboard release tu yang anniversary dorang tu, aku tahu ada satu instrumental sedap dari Death Magnetic.

So?? Should I go out and purchase Load, Reload, St Anger, Death Magnetic and give them a listen? So I wont be like lost when Metallica play songs from these albums??
No!!... haha.

keenam - Ooo what should I wear? kawan aku dah sound aku amacam pakai tshirt Belinda Carlise. seriously....
ketujuh - aku tak pernah tengok Metallica, dulu dorang datang gigit jari je, tu jam sekolah, harga tiket paling murah 50 ketul tak salah, dengar je la dari budak2 melayu lain pengalaman tengok Metallica...
aku masih ingat dua benda
- apa tu lompat dalam istilah Singapore Indoor Stadium, dan masih ada lagi tu hari aku tengok Deep Purple ke hapa, budak2 masih lompat haha.
- cerita pasal budak2 melayu yang dah kerja bayar tiket paling mahal tu jam berapa? 200 tak silap? pasal nak tengok Metallica dekat2... tu jam aku start analyse, kenapa orang sanggup bayar tiket mahal2 untuk paling area paling depan? dan orang sanggup berusaha cam nak giler untuk tengok band2 kegemaran dorang....




Moving on...
Just check out these Death Dealer packaging that comes with the cd.
Posters, autographs, stickers, picks, a very nice patch, stories, drawings, whats whats and not forgetting the cd on a digipak which also includes another booklet inside haha..

I HAD LISTEN TO IT TWICE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND WALKING,
and it fucking rocks!!!!
definitely metal, lots of solos and its nice to hear Ross The Boss with another lead guitarist, nice songs kind of trashy power metal, awesome singer.
Maybe next time I'll write a review of what I think of Death Dealer Warmaster.


Moving on... Iron Maiden Fan Club Magazine 95 has arrived....

Just browse thru.......Clive Burr and Steve Gadd passing is mentioned and tribute articles written in their honour...
Love this Nicko McBrain piece on his relationship with Clive Burr thru the years, the drummer he replaced during those difficult moments back then.

More of all these next time if I got the time...