Philadelphia - Warlord

YESSSS! Philadelphia's first album in over thirty years will be available for download on amazon and iTunes April 1st... or you can request it over at Dead to Self Radio right now! http://www.deadtoselfradio.com/album.php?artist=Philadelphia&album=Warlord

Are they doing physical CDs, too?  I'd buy the download if that is all they offer, but I'd like to have the CD.

alldatndensum wrote:Are they doing physical CDs, too?  I'd buy the download if that is all they offer, but I'd like to have the CD.

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alldatndensum wrote:Are they doing physical CDs, too?  I'd buy the download if that is all they offer, but I'd like to have the CD.

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alldatndensum wrote:Are they doing physical CDs, too?  I'd buy the download if that is all they offer, but I'd like to have the CD.

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The samples sound promising!

Right now, there are no CDs.  They hope to have those and vinyl in the near future.

Since it has a classic metal vibe, I went ahead and bought the downloads.  That's what I do.

Do they have a Facebook page?  How are you following them?  "Philadelphia" is a hard band to search for.

Found this via metal-archives.com... here you go!

https://www.facebook.com/Philadelphia-224866880896429/

Ordered, downloaded, listening now. It's a natural follow-up to Search and Destroy. This guy's voice hasn't changed at all. I want to get to know the album before I offer any opinions.

One note - 3rd song - "I'm Not Listening" - the word a** makes an appearance. I have no idea what that's about.

Just downloaded it. Good stuff

Andreas89 wrote:Found this via metal-archives.com... here you go!

https://www.facebook.com/Philadelphia-224866880896429/

Thanks!

Follower of Jesus wrote:Ordered, downloaded, listening now. It's a natural follow-up to Search and Destroy. This guy's voice hasn't changed at all. I want to get to know the album before I offer any opinions.

One note - 3rd song - "I'm Not Listening" - the word a** makes an appearance. I have no idea what that's about.

A lot of people use it and don't think anything about it.  What would be different in saying, "I'm gonna kick your @$$!" or, "I'm gonna kick your butt!"?  For a lot of Christians, this has lost the cultural label of a swear word.  I don't even feel like it should be offensive as we have so many words to describe our behinds.

I am currently going through my first listen of this album.  The music, I must say, is top notch.  The mix is really clear.  The bass and drums are kickin' without overpowering the guitars.  The vocals could stand to be a hair higher in the mix, but you can understand the vocalist clearly.  The only thing missing is the "big hook".  Just adding some BGVs to the choruses (sometimes only a single word like on "Prophecy") would have made it grab you a bit more.  However, I think that a couple of repeated listens will probably turn this into more of a favorite for me just because of the style.

I'm loving the title track!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhR0msn8MPQ

I find the title track to be lacking. The problem is that the live version of that song that was on the re-release of Search and Destroy was so heavy. The new one sounds like Warlord-lite. I wish they'd kept that heavy metal edge on that song like the live recording.

The new album is decent overall. I don't love it, but I do like it.

Listened to it on YouTube. Sounds pretty good. I say there needs to be a Philadelphia boxset with all albums remastered

Finally checking this thing out. (I was vaguely aware of it when it came out but never dove in). This album is great! It should have gotten more attention. Now I need to finally grab a copy of Search and Destroy.

I thoroughly enjoyed this album.  I know that many were turned off by it because of the change in sound but gracious, those rich vocals and the tight, bluesy rock sound - marvelous!   "Prophecy" also ranks as the best Thin Lizzy song that Thin Lizzy never recorded...!

If anyone has this CD and wants to trade it, let me know.