Legend - From the Fjords

Legend - Fröm the FjördsСтрана: США
Жанр: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Год выпуска: 1979
Издание: неизвестно, вероятно, пиратка.
Формат: FLAC
Продолжительность: 0:41:42
01 The Destroyer (4:59)
02 The Wizard's Vengeance (3:22)
03 The Golden Bell (7:06)
04 The Confrontation (3:21)
05 R.A.R.Z. (5:11)
06 Against the Gods (3:40)
07 The Iron Horse (6:17)
08 From the Fjords (7:51)Angel Witch и Manilla Road.
Рип с CD из личной коллекции, HQ-сканы в комплекте.
Насколько мне известно, единственное легальное издание альбома - на виниле в 1979 году. С тех пор вышло только бутлеговое переиздание 1997 года на виниле (ограниченный тираж в 500 копий). Откуда взялся этот CD, доподлинно неизвестно. Вероятно, на CD была записана оцифровка с винила. Качество довольно неплохое, цифровых артефактов нет, динамический диапазон глубокий (см. лог).

Рецензия от Metal Archives

One of the all time best epic heavy metal albums - 90%
If we're going to talk hidden gems, we must discuss Legend from the US. Who actually knows these guys? You'll have to be lucky to find mp3s of them, and I sure was lucky I did. The subgenre of Epic Heavy Metal isn't particularly huge. We all know Brocas Helm, but a late 70s viking-themed epic heavy metal album? That's something special. It's hard to describe the fantastic vibe I get from this album, the atmosphere. I guess it's like listening to an encapsulating story, forgetting your worldly worries. Basically comparable to 70s rock, where you get carried away by the recognizable tunes; on From The Fjords it's with the smooth melodies and those warm vocals. The sound is rooted in the 70s rock-sound, but transferred to melodic heavy metal with a distinct quality. When you put it on, you recognize it's Legend's From The Fjords immediatly. It helps that it starts with the best track, the sadly merely 5 minute epic 'The Destroyer', immediatly followed by the second best 'The Wizard's Vengeance' where we're treated to emotionally laden dual vocals.
If there are downpoints to this album however, they're minor ones. First track on side B, 'R.A.R.Z.', is a rock song, with a country intro, and as such completely stands out of the rest of the album's theme and breaks up the atmosphere. It isn't particularly good either, so I can only imagine they left it on here to make the rest sound good by comparison. Second, the drum-solo in The Iron Horse takes way too long. It reminded me of Rat Salad on Black Sabbath's Paranoid album, although it isn't quite that bad. As such, the album doesn't seem to reach the brilliance of the first 4 tracks on the A side.
In spite of the above, this remains highly recommendable epic heavy metal, from an overlooked subgenre. If you see the original, the repressing or the upcoming cd-release, buy it out immediatly. This stuff is rare and precious.

EAC Log / Accurate Rip Check / Dynamic Range

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010
EAC extraction logfile from 22. August 2011, 13:15
Legend / From the Fjords
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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
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3 | 8:20.23 | 7:05.45 | 37523 | 69442
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Range status and errors
Selected range
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Peak level 78.1 %
Extraction speed 0.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CF11D1A0
Copy CRC CF11D1A0
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 not present in database
Track 2 not present in database
Track 3 not present in database
Track 4 not present in database
Track 5 not present in database
Track 6 not present in database
Track 7 not present in database
Track 8 not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
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Official DR value: DR13
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