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Hanker are a traditional
heavy metal band from Quebec, Canada. 'The Dead Ringer' is
their second album, the first was entitled 'In Our World'.
Hanker are Pascal Cliche on Lead Vocals, Guitar and
Keyboards, Patrick Gravel on Guitar and Backing Vocals, Martin
Jones on Bass and Luc Guay on Drums.
Narration by Rejean Garon.
The Dead Ringer was recorded at Studio Sequence, Quebec (Canada).
Produced by Pascal Cliche.
Engineered by Yves Drolet. Mixed by Yves Drolet.Re-mastered by Jean-Francois
Chicoine at Studio SNB, Montreal (Canada)
The tracks are : 'Unsung Hero', 'Holy Screen', 'You Won't Live
Eternally', 'The Clown', 'They Are Gone', 'Dead As The Night', 'The
Age Of The Quick Fix', 'F.A.T.E.', 'No More War', 'United We Stand,
Divided We Fall'.
The Dead Ringer is a concept album, telling the life
of a church bell ringer and his reflection on life.
The album starts with 'Unsung Hero', a great track, starts
with a short narrated passage followed by a heavy riff. The vocals
are good from Pascal who has a powerful voice, theres a nice
melody with some nice changes in tempo and direction. With some great
guitar.
'Holy Screen' is an excellent track with some nice changes
in tempo and direction and again some excellent guitar work.
Track 3 is 'You Won't Live Eternally' great track again with
some nice changes in tempo and direction.
'The Clown' is a ballad, it has a brilliant intro and one of
my favourite tracks. the vocals are superb, again some nice changes
in direction and tempo and there's some excellent guitar solo's.
Next is 'They Are Gone' another ballad, but again a very good
one. Again the vocals are spot on,the tracks starts off fairly quiet
and builds up as the track moves on. Great Solo's.
'Dead As The Night', is a great track with a great melody,
nice changes in tempo and direction and some great guitar.
Track seven is 'The Age Of The Quick Fix', an excellent track
with a great intro,again nice changes in tempo and direction within
the song and some great guitar.
'F.A.T.E.', is another great ballad.
Track nine is 'No More War' another excellent track with some
great guitar.
and to finish 'United We Stand, Divided We Fall' another great
track.
The Dead Ringer is an excellent metal album. It does remind
me a bit of Iron Maiden , Judas Priest and I'm sure it would appeal
to fans of these bands.
Buy and Enjoy!!
The Official Hanker Homepage : http://www.hankermetal.com
Official Hanker Fan Club : 22 Assomption, C.P. 178, Beaupre, Quebec,
Canada. G0A 1E0
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