Tag: Power
HammerFall – Steel Meets Steel: 10 Years Of Glory Review
Has it been ten years already? Wow, I’m getting old. You see, I consider my introduction to HammerFall in 1999 as something of a turning point in my metal evolution. I had spent a couple …
Epica – The Divine Conspiracy Review
Originally written by Keith Fox. My first few listens of The Divine Conspiracy, Epica’s fourth full-length, left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Subsequent listens yielded better results, but it wasn’t until maybe the seventh …
Helloween – Gambling With The Devil Review
At the beginning of most album reviews, we writers normally like to include a brief history lesson, or perhaps a whimsical anecdote or thoughtful musing about the artist. Frankly though, Helloween has way too much …
Kamelot – Ghost Opera Review
I’ve long had trouble getting into Kamelot – I mean really getting into them. Sure, I enjoyed The Black Halo and was quite impressed by their live DVD One Cold Winter’s Night, but rarely do …
Symphony X – Paradise Lost Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. After a looooong wait that included postponing the album’s release due to a stint on Dave Mustaine’s Gigantour, we finally have Symphony X’s seventh full-length, Paradise Lost, and what an album this …
Sonata Arctica – Unia Review
Originally written by Harley Carlson. Working a darker slightly progressive angle, Unia reveals a very different side of Sonata Arctica that may leave longtime devotees shaking their heads from side to side instead of up and down. The fifth …
Edenbridge – The Grand Design Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Taking a complex but ultimately positive lyrical approach to life’s Grand Design, Austria’s uber-symphonic power metal foursome Edenbridge adhere to a strict concept throughout but the music itself serves as the album’s greatest …
Symphorce – Become Death Review
originally written by Jim Brandon 2005’s Godspeed was the first Symphorce effort I’d heard, and for being mainly power metal-based it was an album I grew to respect and admire due to the way Andy …