Sacred Steel - Wargods of Metal
I liked this album a little more than Bloodlust, but not by much. See to me at least, Sacred Steel is doing exactly what every other power metal band is doing, so they just kind of get pilled in with all the other power metal bands. There is nothing exceptional that puts them at the top, or even in the top ten.
What I like most about this album is the guitar work. Usually in power metal you see the straight power chord/fast picking. Well that is in here too, but there are a lot of cool licks and solos that make the guitar work shine. Some examples of the cool riffs are the intro to Dethrone the Tyrant King and the intro and main riff to Wargods of Metal (arguably the best song on this album). The drumming is also pretty good at making the music blend together, which is extremely important in Power Metal.
The vocals are better on this album, but they are still kind of whinny, which can get annoying after awhile. If you've never heard Sacred Steel, the vocals kind of sound like Tobias Sammet from Edguy, or really old Helloween. There are a lor of high pitch screams on this album, and the only really good one performed is the beginning one on Wargods of Metal. I would like to point out a song called Empire of Steel which features a bass intro and a very catchy riff. The next song, Deceleration of War, has a cool intro with synthesized vocals. Sacred Steel should throw in more stuff like this, because the same old riffs and singing style make these album boring.
Overall it is really good album if you like Power Metal. If you don't even like an ink of Power Metal....you know what to do. I would also like to introduce the themes of most of the songs on this album. These are some of the words that show up in the songs: Metal, Death, War, Battle, Gods, etc. There is also a very prominent theme here of real metal and false metal. Looks like someone took a heavy dose of Manowar before writing this album!
copas from http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Sacred_Steel/Wargods_of_Metal/639/
Tracklist:
01 - Blessed by the Gods
02 - Wargods of Metal
03 - Tonight the Witches Ride
04 - Iron Legions
05 - Carnage Rules the Fields of Death
06 - Army of Metalheads
07 - Battle Cry (Omen cover)
08 - Dethrone the Tyrant King
09 - By Steel We Rule
10 - Crusaders of the Metal Blade
11 - Empire of Steel
12 - Declaration of War
13 - Heavy Metal to the End
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