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- Back Breaker
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The Showdown
Released 2008

Odysseus - A Song Of Hope
03:58
9,500 plays

Infernus - You Will Move
04:00
9,323 plays

Nemesis - Give Us This Day
03:54
8,978 plays

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songs

- 1
- Titanomachy - The Beginning
- 02:44
- 12,536 plays

- 2
- Hephaestus - The Hammer Of The Gods
- 04:19
- 13,375 plays

- 3
- Aphrodite - The Disillusionaire
- 04:14
- 13,283 plays

- 4
- Achilles - The Backbreaker
- 03:59
- 16,528 plays

- 5
- Prometheus - The Fires Of Deliverance
- 03:58
- 12,155 plays

- 6
- Cerberus - The Hellhound Awaits
- 04:28
- 10,415 plays

- 7
- Odysseus - A Song Of Hope
- 03:58
- 9,500 plays

- 8
- Aries - I Am Vengeance
- 03:26
- 11,269 plays

- 9
- Infernus - You Will Move
- 04:00
- 9,323 plays

- 10
- Nemesis - Give Us This Day
- 03:54
- 8,978 plays

- 11
- Medea - One Foot In Hell
- 05:13
- 8,529 plays

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album review

On the third full-length by the Showdown, 2008's Back Breaker, the fun-lovin' lads from Tennessee add some mythology to their metal, as each of the album's 11 tracks goes by two titles -- one that is straight out of Greek mythology, and another that is much more of the metal variety. Musically, the band still touches upon all the prerequisites of most up-and-coming metal bands roaming the earth circa the early 21st century -- Iron Maiden-like guitar bits, Metallica's chug-chug riffery, Pantera-esque shouted vocals, etc. Back Breaker is one fierce beast from start to finish, especially on such brutal selections as "[Hephaestus] The Hammer of the Gods," "[Achilles] The Backbreaker," and "[Aries] I Am Vengeance." There may not be a lot to musically differentiate this quartet from the rest of the metal pack, but Back Breaker does certainly succeed in capturing the roaring power of the Showdown. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide