Spitfire, a very important band with a very important history. They will be mentioned for ever and ever for one truly magnificent achievement, having released one of the very few albums in Greek music that is praised by all the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFirst Attack\u201d will always follow the famous fighter plane as a badge of honor, but it will always haunt them with its value and the mythology that surrounds it. Songs like Lead Me On\u201d, \u201cEvil Thoughts Around\u201d, \u201cLady Of The Night\u201d, \u201cWhispers\u201d are so special, you can\u2019t write stuff like that on any given day. The same goes for \u201cTaste The Fire\u201d, \u201cFool Enough\u201d, \u201cEverlasting Love\u201d, which were included on \u201cDie Fighting\u201d, but were much older. I hear you saying \u201cbut, is it possible to compare the old classic stuff with the new songs?\u201d Obviously, that\u2019s not fair, but it\u2019s inevitable. \u201cIs it just to compare the original band with the \u201890s lineup, or the current one?\u201d No, but that\u2019s also impossible to avoid, consciously, or even subconsciously. Memories, emotions and most importantly the life that these songs have taken in the fans\u2019 souls cannot be compared with anything new. And that\u2019s the case for all big bands that we love, with few exceptions. That\u2019s why some bands don\u2019t release a new album for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24 years after their first attack and another 13 after \u201cDie Fighting\u201d, Spitfire are back with \u201cDenial To Fall\u201d. The distance from on another seems chaotic, but any new release by the band is a message of hope for them and the entire Greek metal culture. You need your heroes to be there, on the frontline. The album might not excite you from the first spins, or you might think that some stuff sound strange, but if you listen carefully enough you will discover some of Spitfire\u2019s traditional trademarks: Longinidis\u2019 unbent granite rhythm guitars, the swaggery solos, the melodic bridges that accompany perfectly the chorus and of course an arsenal of riffs. The sound on the album is the heaviest they\u2019ve ever been and less hard. Whether this was intentional, or not, it surely draws a line between \u201cthen\u201d and \u201cnow\u201d. The most classic songs in there are probably \u201cWasted\u201d and \u201cBack To Zero\u201d. Tassos Krokodilos\u2019 voice is without a doubt edgier than any of his predecessors with the high range he can reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surely, Spitfire are not afraid to move forward. They have nothing to prove and they will not be judged by \u201cDenial To Fall\u201d, but for their undying passion and their bravery to take off again and rip the skies with full throttle. Their \u201cdenial to fall\u201d, their no surrender attitude and fighting spirit makes them even bigger in our eyes and fills us with hope that the next flight will not take that long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n