FRETERNIA

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Freternia is a heavy/power metal band from Sweden.

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FRETERNIA Warchants & Fairytales album cover 3.75 | 2 ratings
Warchants & Fairytales
Power Metal 2000
FRETERNIA A Nightmare Story album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Nightmare Story
Power Metal 2002
FRETERNIA The Gathering album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
The Gathering
Power Metal 2019
FRETERNIA The Final Stand album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
The Final Stand
Power Metal 2022

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FRETERNIA Svedish Metal Triumphators vol1: Freternia/ Persuader album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Svedish Metal Triumphators vol1: Freternia/ Persuader
Power Metal 2000

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FRETERNIA Warchants & Fairytales

Album · 2000 · Power Metal
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1967/ 1976
"Warchants & Fairytales" is the debut album from the Svedish Power Metal band Freternia and the style is a good melodic Power Metal, not Symphonic but with Speed parts, not distant to Blind Guardian. But also Helloween is a bandthat have a real importance for Freternia as 80's Metal. The presence of keyboards is the distinctive imprint for this band. That not have Symphonic or Neoclassical parts, but a mix of both genres. Also if the Speed Metal dominates all the style of this band.

That said I am amazed to see that a band so good for songwriting (and interpretation) hasn't had any success. In fact, if we listen to carefully the album we can, every second of every song, scroll to see ahead of us influences or moments of songs copied by others classic Heavy Metal but managed to build a truly personal music. The use of Speed Metal is for increase the epic of music, which the chorus can't do. Important is the use of Thrash metal parts, because otherwise the music was too melodic. The use of rhythmic soli is another distinctive mark of Freternia music. Because Patrik Lund (lead guitar) and Mikael Bakajev (rhythmic guitar) are really able to create a unique atmosphere, ably supported (and not so intrusive) from keyboards (by Tommie Johansson). The rhythmic section is good. The bass player (Tomas Wappling) isn't a monster and the drummer (Stefan Svantesson) is a good and dynamic drummer. Pasi Humppi, the vocalist, present a style similar to Chris Boltendahl. The writing style is grat: a perfect mix of the elements that I already described with great arrangements.

Certainly if Speed Power Metal or Melodic Power Metal please you this is a great album.

FRETERNIA Svedish Metal Triumphators vol1: Freternia/ Persuader

EP · 2000 · Power Metal
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1967/ 1976
Two unknown bands (for me) from Sweden, Freternia and Persuader in this split promotional Ep (with two demos and two albums tracks per band).

Freternia is a good 6 piece band with tons of Blind Guardian and Helloween influences. Certainly "Worst Of Enemies" is the more personal track from the album because "Guardians Of The night" start with a pure Helloween style and continue with a copy of Blind Guardian style. Extremely interesting is "Friends in Enemyland", the first of two tracks from their demo. This track is in Blind Guardian/ Helloween style but extremely personal because more neoclassical for arrangements and use of keyboards. As the same time the pasty sound mix transform this melodic Power Speed Metal song in a very aggressive track. Probably (but also no...) "Friends in Enemyland" is my preferred Freternia track in this Ep. Close the Freternia part the demo version of "Guardians of The Night" that present a line of arrangements more personal respect to album version.

Persuader is a 4 piece band, similar to Freternia but with more aggressive attitude. "Heart And Steel" is a great "Defenders of the faith" song. Personal because more close to Power Thrash with great bass line than double the guitars. "Heart and Steel" is a pure 80's song with 70's guitar solo also if in a la 80's Grave Digger style. "Cursed" is only more close to Accept(!). Extremely great is the great chorus and also the Thrash/ neoclassic soli are good. At the end "Cursed" is a great song for who wants to find the 80's style in a 90's band. "Escape", the first of two demo version songs, is a pure 80's Speed Metal song with Punk attitude but with pure Power Metal refrain and arrangements. Good is also the series of soli in Kai Hansen/ Helloween style. The demo version of "Cursed" close this Ep. Too similar to album version is better because the more pasty sound mix enhaces the jazzy rhythms and the thrashy parts.

In definitive this is only a promotional Ep. And this isn't good, because this is a good Ep that present two good bands. I prefer Persuader because too personal respect Freternia. Persuader, than, present a more 80's attitude and this is another winning element. Isn't good that two bands as these have passed without anyone noticed it...

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