{"product_id":"emerald-reckoning-day","title":"Emerald: Reckoning Day - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eReckoning Day\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eEmerald\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePure Steel\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4260255244017\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock, Heavy Metal\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2017-04-07\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         2017 release from the power metal band. Since their 2007 release Hymns To Steel, Emerald have been part of the Pure Steel family. Within this productive collaboration two more excellent albums (Re-Forged (2010) and Unleashed (2012)) were released. The Swiss band has been around for more than 20 years now and is finally ready to present it's long-awaited seventh studio album, in a whole new line up. After the departure of singer Thomas L. Winkler it became really quiet around the band since the long-distance collaboration with the new American singer George Call (Aska, ex-Omen) turned out to be very difficult. After two years, Emerald and George parted ways as friends. A more than worthy replacement on vocals was finally found in the great Swiss singer Mace Mitchell, who refined the remaining songs with his powerful voice and finally finished the record. Those who know Emerald, know what they will get with Reckoning Day: Pounding drums, heavy riffs and melodic leads, reinforced with vigorous power metal vocals with balls and a transparent but also very powerful production by V.O. Pulver (Gurd, Poltergeist, Destruction). On the second half of the album, Emerald integrated a concept called \"The Burgundian Wars\" which is based on the historical novel Der Löwe von Burgund by the band's keyboardist Thomas Vaucher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Only the Reaper Wins \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Black Pyramid \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Evolution in Reverse \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Horns Up \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Beyond Forever \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Through the Storm \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Ridden By Fear \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Mist of the Past \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Trees Full of Tears \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Lament of the Fallen \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Reckoning Day \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Reign of Steel \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Signum Dei \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Fading History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/83533081\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Emerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32420041752647,"sku":"32131574","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/emerald-reckoning-day","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}