DORO – Warrior Soul [Digipak +2 reissue] (2018)

On 3rd of August, metal goddess DORO will release her long-awaited new studio album Forever Warriors – Forever United, and meanwhile some past works just have been reissued in a Digipak CD including bonus tracks.
“Warrior Soul” took a prolonged time to be recorded, due to Doro Pesch filming the movie Anuk – Der Weg des Kriegers, starring as ‘Meha’. The song “Warrior Soul” is included in the movie soundtrack.

“Warrior Soul” embodies the essence of what Warlock was about until it came to an end; good old fashioned Judas Priest inspired metal with a modern, updated sound.
The songs are simple in their presentation, putting forth basic riffs meant to stick in the head, rather than impress with overbearing intrigue.
Production is up-to-date, complete with low reverb drums, tasteful guitar work with solos straight to the point, but relies on keyboards for atmosphere to balance out the drier approach to the traditional instrumentation.

“You’re my family” and “Strangers Yesterday” are the obligatory crowd sing along anthems, with memorable choruses and a solid yet simple musical arrangement.
“Haunted Heart” is the strongest uptempo song on here, but has a nice slow section to change things up a bit. The title track and “Heaven I see” are loaded with atmosphere, almost ballad-like, but definitely far cheesy.
In fact, with the exception of “Creep into My Brain” (which is too modern rock sounding for my taste), everything on here is effective classic metal / hard rock stuff.

If you liked what you heard in the last Warlock albums and with Doro’s first solo Force Majeure, this is cut from the same grain and will also agree with your ears.
This is a welcomed reissue including two bonus tracks from the same recording sessions, rocking songs to enjoy again while we wait for the new Doro album.
Strongly Recommended

01 – You’re My Family
02 – Haunted Heart
03 – Strangers Yesterday
04 – Thunderspell
05 – Warrior Soul
06 – Heaven I See
07 – Creep into My Brain
08 – Above the Ashes
09 – My Majesty
10 – In Liebe und Freundschaft
11 – Ungebrochen
12 – Shine on
BONUS TRACKS:
13 – Angel in the Dark
14 – 1999

Doro Pesch – vocals
Joe Taylor – guitars, backing vocals
Nick Douglas – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Johnny Dee – drums, backing vocals
Oliver Palotai – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
additional musicians:
Steve ‘Hef’ Häflinger – guitars
Oli Häller – drums
Tim Husung – drums
Thomi Imhof – bass
Chris Lietz – guitars, keyboards
Torsten Sickert – guitars, keyboards, bass
Klaus Vanscheidt – guitars

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