The Great Momentum

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The Great Momentum
Edenbridge TheGreatMomentum.jpg
Studio album by
Edenbridge
Released17 February 2017
Recorded2016
Genre Symphonic metal, power metal
Length54:40
Label SPV
Producer Arne "Lanvall" Stockhammer
Edenbridge chronology
The Bonding
(2013)		The Great Momentum
(2017)		 Dynamind
(2019)

The Great Momentum is the ninth studio album by Austrian symphonic metal band Edenbridge. It was released on 17 February 2017 on the SPV label. [1] Bassist Wolfgang Rothbauer left Edenbridge in 2016, so Lanvall performed the bass in the recording of this album. Drummer Max Pointner had also quit in 2016, being replaced by new drummer Johannes Jungreithmeier. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer Italy64/100 [3]
Soundscape [4] 5/10

The Great Momentum received mixed professional reviews. While the Sonic Seducer was very positive about the production of the album, the musical diversity and drummer Jungreithmeier's debut, the Italian edition of Metal Hammer called the album "almost disappointing". The reviewer wrote that it was far away from the class of previous releases like The Bonding. [2] [3] According to the Soundscape magazine, there was "not a lot of variety within the songs" and the album did not contain any new ideas. [4]

The Great Momentum reached position 82 of the German album charts being the band's second album to chart in Germany. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lanvall. Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8 also written by Sabine Edelsbacher [6]

No.TitleLength
1."Shiantara"5:51
2."The Die Is Not Cast"5:14
3."The Moment Is Now"4:23
4."Until the End of Time"4:35
5."The Visitor"5:53
6."Return to Grace"5:13
7."Only a Whiff of Life"3:45
8."A Turnaround in Art"7:30
9."The Greatest Gift of All"12:16
Total length:54:40

The album also contains a bonus disc featuring the instrumental versions of all tracks.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Edenbridge's official website. [6]

Edenbridge

Guest musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 82
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 80

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References

  1. ↑ "Edenbridge – The Great Momentum". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Eck, Markus (2017). "Edenbridge: 'The Great Momentum'". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 3. p. 76.
  3. 1 2 Cattaneo, Dario (26 February 2017). "Edenbridge – The Great Momentum" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 March 2017.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. 1 2 Humphries, Natalie (6 February 2017). "Edenbridge – The Great Momentum Review". Soundscape. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Edenbridge Longplay-Chartverfolgung". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 "The Great Momentum (2017)". Edenbridge official website. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Edenbridge – The Great Momentum" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Edenbridge – The Great Momentum". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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