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Angel Vivaldi – Synapse Review
Angel Vivaldi and I have had our brushes in the past, but despite his considerable back catalog, I’ve never found myself with the racing heart and flushed cheeks that many other younger...
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Dragonhammer – Obscurity Review
The label’s press release for Obscurity states ostentatiously that the album will be the band’s “definitive consecration to the international scene.” Sidelining that this is a gross misuse of the word...
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Evertale – The Great Brotherwar Review
In 2013, a young German band by the unassuming name of Evertale took the power metal world by storm with an independently-released firestorm of a fantasy power metal debut in Of Dragons And Elves. The...
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Keldian – Darkness and Light Review
Norwegian super-duo studio project Keldian has the dubious honor of being one of my favorite sources of music. And like so many of my “favorites,” they’re only power metal in an occasional/secondary...
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Silver Wind – Legion of the Exiled Review
France’s Silver Wind seems to be a pretty low-profile act, despite having formed (according to the label’s press release) in 2005. Legion Of The Exiled is the band’s first full-length, and an evident...
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Eternal Flight – Retrofuture Review
Eternal Flight is a more varied creature than most that have been crawling around in the prog/power underground for the last 20 years. Whether as itself or as Dream Child, Eternal Flight has been...
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Stormhold – Salvation Review
As a general rule, metal is just plain better in Sweden. Even half-hearted attempts or poor imitations turn out better when sourced from that otherworldly place, with its spike-studded halls and...
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Operation: Mindcrime – A New Reality Review
I’d like to set the stage for this review with a haunting story from my past, which many Queensrÿche fans are likely familiar with. As a new college student who only knew the glory days of that band, I...
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Elvenking – Secrets of the Magick Grimoire [Things You Might Have Missed 2017]
Welcome to Bizarro Metal World, where the reviews are made up and the scores are reversed! Just kidding, but seriously, Angry Metal Guy himself was set to review this album. However, time being what it...
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Scars of Armageddon – Dead End Review
Chicago’s Scars of Armageddon has been drifting around the US power metal underground for a few years and have been on my radar since just prior to 2013’s debut, Never Sleep Again. The only noteworthy...
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Lucid Dreaming – The Chronicles Pt. II Review
2013 saw the release of one of the most unique power metal albums that I’d ever heard. Till Oberboßel (Elvenpath) and his host of guests constitute the conceptual studio project known as Lucid...
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Palantír – Lost Between Dimensions [Things You Might Have Missed 2017]
Stormspell Records has rocketed to the top of my list of favorite labels this year, with a case of such enjoyable and varied heavy/power metal pyrotechnics as Blazon Stone, Grimgotts, Númenor, Ancient...
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Meden Agan – Catharsis Review
Ho boy. I signed up for this review based on my experience with Meden Agan’s 2014 release, Lacrima Dei, which I thought was pretty stomachable – commenting as a fellow who has little patience for...
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Ancestral – Master of Fate [Things You Might Have Missed 2017]
A couple of years ago, I did a favor for Underground Symphony Records, and they retaliated by sending me a package of OOP and/or hard to find old power metal CDs — much to my delight. Amongst those CDs...
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Cromonic – Time [Things You Might Have Missed 2017]
Back in the early 2000’s, Sweden was a hotspot for classic power metal. In addition to the many well-known acts that were getting rolling at that time, several albums were released by the bands...
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Ancient Empire – The Tower [Things You Might Have Missed 2017]
When I was a wee swordbearer in the northern taiga with fewer years under my belt and not enough Jørn Lande in my life, I lived on a metal diet comprised almost solely of Freedom Call, Power Quest,...
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Leaves’ Eyes – Sign of the Dragonhead Review
I don’t think I’ve listened to a Leaves’ Eyes album at the time of release since Vinland Saga came out in 2005, and yet here I am, AMG’s apparent self-proclaimed queen of symphonic metal for early...
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Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins – Pawn and Prophecy Review
In 2014, Symphony X bassist Mike LePond brought his four strings of righteous fury to a new “solo” all-star project by the name of Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins, featuring (Symphony X) bandmate...
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Sonic Prophecy – Savage Gods Review
Salt Lake City’s Sonic Prophecy has at this point become a fixture in the US metal underground, plying their craft of beefy, vocal-driven, traditionally styled heavy/power metal that evokes Judas...
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Random Eyes – Grieve No More Review
Finland’s Random Eyes is one of those myriad heavy metal projects that’s been in existence for a surprisingly long time, putting out the occasional independent release but garnering very little in the...
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