Title: Classic metal meets power cheese
Review: Aside from power/prog acts like DREAM THEATER and SYMPHONY X, and genre forebears IRON MAIDEN, I am not a huge fan of power metal. The music's generally exciting and intensely melodic, which I like, but it's all generally too 'happy' - all major chords and triumphant, soaring, overwrought vocals. In fact, it's the vocals which have kept me away from many bands that I'd otherwise like, which is which this German power metal is such a nice find. The singer/bandleader sounds like a slightly more aggressive Bruce Dickinson, and the music, surprisingly, sounds more like a modern version of classic JUDAS PRIEST, DIO or early QUEENSRYCHE than the neo-classical speed metal coming from the other German and Italian acts. Some songs do veer sharply into happyland, but the rest is cool enough that I can deal. All that said, this is one of the stupidest band names in existence.
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