Tag Power Metal
As a damp frost gives way to lashing rain, driven by bitter gusting winds, a new day dawns with sluggish. reluctant light. Ever-increasing dark puddles reflect the leaden grey skies which are unrelenting, casting a dark shroud over the stark,… Continue Reading →
I was starting to despair. Here we are in December and I don’t feel that I’ve been treated to a truly unashamed, unapologetic, bombastic Power Metal album all year…although, now I think about it, Fellowship came pretty damn close, but… Continue Reading →
Album number six for Judicator is quite an important one. OK, every album a band produces is important, but “The Majesty Of Decay” is the band’s first to be led solely by vocalist John Yelland after the departure of guitarist… Continue Reading →
It’s 1981. Over 120 years ago the warlock K. K. Fossor and the witchfinder Peter Thompson did battle in the town of Hemmersmoor and we were left in a situation where Fossor had managed to resurrect his daughter but it… Continue Reading →
This Canadian band hold a special place in metal history for me. Their ‘Livin’ Fast’ demo tape and the following ‘Burn the Night’ debut album are both fantastic. This was also the last band I saw in London before the… Continue Reading →
Well that took a while didn’t it? It’s eleven years since we heard anything from Swedish Symphonic Power Metal maestros Dragonland! It’s always possible that some members were busy with other projects, for instance, it’s more than possible that guitarist… Continue Reading →
Chapter Seven??!! When the hell did that happen?? Clearly it’s been a while since I last heard anything by Italian Symphonic Power Metal band Kaledon as I think they were merely on something like Chapter Three when I heard them… Continue Reading →
After 2019’s orchestral side-step “Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra”, it’s now a rather lengthy seven years since this iconic German Power Metal band gave us one of their proper Metal albums, which actually does pile a bit of pressure on this… Continue Reading →
Back in 2013 I reviewed Edenbridge’s “The Bonding”, for these hallowed pages and I stated that I had heard many Edenbridge releases, didn’t really gel with them and wasn’t really sure why. I’ve become kind of the go-to guy for… Continue Reading →
The UK has always been a bit of a tough place to be a Power Metal band. Ironic given that Iron Maiden are cited as one of Power Metal’s main influences, but basically, if you are not actually Iron Maiden,… Continue Reading →
Ambrius are a relatively new British Metal band, featuring former Tempestora/Oakhaart members Sam Shiers (vocals) and Jason Deakins (guitar). Although Ambrius display enough of Oakhaart’s Technical Death Metal style to keep former fans interested, the addition of Michael Perks (bass)… Continue Reading →
Fallen Sanctuary are a brand new and much anticipated Melodic Symphonic Power Metal band formed by, and featuring the twin vocal approach of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity, Warkings, Phantasma etc) and guitarist/vocalist Marco Pastorino (Temperance, Virtual Symmetry, Wonders etc), who developed… Continue Reading →