Tag Stratovarius
Dragonforce (originally Dragonheart) were brought together in 1999 by Guitarist Herman Li and Sam Totman [we best not mention Demoniac eh? Ed]. Touring with the likes of Halford (that’s our Rob’s band) and Stratovarius earned them some street cred which led… Continue Reading →
Whatever genre tag you want to give them (Neo-classical Symphonic Melodic Progressive Power Metal was one I particularly liked…), you can’t argue with the talent in the ranks of Ring Of Fire; Tony MacAlpine – Guitars – Planet X, Seven… Continue Reading →
The Press Release states Iron Mask are a Neo-Classical Power Metal band. If said press release hadn’t claimed this, then I wouldn’t have spent the whole of the first track thinking that someone had played a cruel trick and substituted… Continue Reading →
There are so many contributing musicians here on this progressive metal work that it needs one person to hold them together. That one person is Frenchman Vivien Lalu, and what an impressive group of musicians he has assembled. The supporting… Continue Reading →
Getting a new singer is always a big occasion for a band, especially when, in the case of Amberian Dawn, this only your 2nd singer after 4 albums with the previous one, Heidi Parviainen. So with great fanfare the band… Continue Reading →
‘Limbo’. Quite apt as it goes… Italy’s Symphonic Neoclassical Progressive Power Metallers (!) Derdian have spent their last 3 albums exploring the realms of their self enforced Fantasy land trilogy, limiting them lyrically and planting them firmly in the shadow… Continue Reading →
Power metal is all about the instant fix. The catchy choruses, the anthems,the cinematic spectacle. In some ways it’s the essence of heavy metal – some of us get that. But in other ways its a path too well trodden… Continue Reading →
Kotipelto, front man for power metal chasers ’ Stratovarius’ and Liimatainen one of the founding members of Finnish epic band ‘Sonata Arctica’ have decided to get together and play some live gigs. However, it was the fans that decided they… Continue Reading →
Faster, higher, bigger…. more ‘epic’. There can be few areas of metal that have embraced new technology to the extent that power metal has. In the search for a ‘big’ sound, keyboards and computers have increasingly proved too much of… Continue Reading →
Hungarian power metallers Wisdom released “Judas” in mid 2011 through Soundholic but it has been picked up by Noiseart for another release in late August, which I found strange. Questioning a power metal mate about the band, he was familiar… Continue Reading →
This album has all the hallmarks of a classic piece of power metal, thanks to its outward bombast, flamboyance and colourful artwork. What is less usual is that it comes fromPoland. But then where there’s a Behemoth, there’s a Riverside… Continue Reading →
For a change I didn’t get into this band from their early days as my first introduction to Firewind was with “The Premonition” album in 2008. You may say I am slipping up, you may say I did well to… Continue Reading →