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FAITHFUL BREATH
Gold ’N’ Glory

Mausoleum (1984)
Rating: 8/10

To be honest I wasn’t expecting too much from these German metallers after their previous abysmal efforts, but Gold ’N’ Glory turns out to be a pleasant surprise.

The material here has much more commercial appeal to anything on their previous albums, giving Faithful Breath an almost Accept-ish sound. Certainly tracks like ‘King Of The Rock’, ‘Don’t Feel Hate’ and ‘Gold ’n’ Glory’ are as good as anything that can be found on their fellow countryman’s Balls To The Wall album. Even better still are the more uptempo ‘Jailbreaker’, ‘Don’t Drive Me Mad’ and the catchy ‘Play The Game’, which I feel would have made a better choice for a single than the long ballad ‘A Million Hearts’. However, this song together with ‘Princess In Disguise’ are the albums only weak points.

If you’re already into Faithful Breath then you will no doubt love this album, but for those of you who have written them off in the past as no hopers then I’d advise you to give them another chance – you won’t be disappointed.

Bernard Doe

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 4 (1984)

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