IRONSWORD/OVERLORDS OF CHAOS (shadow Kingdom)
Hailing from sunny Portugal come this formidable 3 piece powerhouse intent on reclaiming Metal from
hipster posers,pantomime battle metal and neck tattooed metalcore back to it's rightful home. And a pretty decent fist of it they make too!
Overlords of chaos (their forth album) is bristling with old school metal values from the 'foot on the monitor' surge of opener 'death of the gods' the stupidly catchy 'Wrath of Crom' to the Maidenesque
'fear the night' there is absolutely no quarter given when it comes to delivering quality metal anthems.
Guitarist Tann's vocals may be more than a touch off key at times and the subject matter (ancient battles,old gods) is tried and tested to death but with metal so vibrant and life-affirming who the fuck cares? as 'Hyperborean hordes' rises over the hill like some battle worn legion ready to strike the final blow you can almost feel the horses breath on your face.This record almost makes reviewing impossible due to it's obvious pure vision and unadulterated abandon and anyone into IRON MAIDEN,MANILLA ROAD,
GATES OF SLUMBER,CIRITH UNGOL,GRAND MAGUS (Tann shares the same trait of pronouncing iron I-ron)
and countless others should raise a goblet to the blood red sky and say thanks to the gods for the bounty for which they are about to receive.100% pure heavy fuckin metal.
www.myspace.com/officialironsword
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