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1.  Mythomaniac
2.  None of Your Concern
3.  Heart and Soul
4.  Oblivion
5.  Open Your Eyes
6.  Rain
7.  Suffering in Silence
8.  Walls of Secrets
9.  Father Spirit
10.  I Bleed
11.  Into the Cradle

Total playing time:  47:37

Release Date: June 17, 2011
Label: SPV/Steamhammer

Fullforce - One

Reviewer: Peter

August 15, 2011

Stefan Elmgren is best known as a guitarist in the band Hammerfall.  Since leaving the band in 2008, he hadn’t been heard from…until recently, with a new band in Fullforce.  This band is not to be confused with Full Strike, the short-lived band he had formed earlier in the last decade.  Fullforce, which also features current Hammerfall drummer Anders Johansson, had actually been formed around the same year he left Hammerfall, but their debut was only recently released in One.   The end result isn’t life changing, but it should more than satisfy fans of traditional heavy metal.

Even with the Hammerfall lineage, Fullforce shouldn’t be considered just another Hammerfall clone.  In fact, Michael Andersson’s vocals have a distinct pure power metal feel to them.  As for the sound, it is closer to the traditional heavy metal style, as evidenced on songs such as “Rain” and “Oblivion.”  The vocals are actually pretty good, and the music can hold its own for a while.  Where Fullforce runs into problems is that the songs take a while to sink in, as there’s nothing for the listener to grab on to as far as hooks go.  With that problem comes the fact that the songs just simply don’t stand out on first or second listens, so patience is definitely a must when listening to One.  Once the listener figures it out, songs such as “Father Spirit” and “Mythomaniac” are some of the highlights on the album. 

Fullforce doesn’t seem to go all out on their debut One, but all they needed to do was come up with something solid, which is what they do.  While the songs will take a while to get into, there is a chance that there will be enough to get to the point of being able to get into the band.  One is not a great album by any means, but it is worth the time if you are into the power metal genre.