Starblind - Darkest Horrors
StormSpell Records, 2014
1. Ascendancy
2. Blood In The Night
3. Crystal Tears
4. Darkest Horror
5. The Reckoning
6. Mountain Of Madness
7. The Great Hunt
8. I Stand Alone
9. Temple Of Set
StormSpell Records has been putting out an incredible amount of top notch metal lately, and Stockholm's new traditional unit, Starblind are no exception! Featuring former Steel Attack drummer Mike Stark on the mic, the band unleashes nine tracks of pretty fast tempo heavy/power.
The production is pretty darn good here and speaking of Stark, his vocals are very strong with a bit of a Sean Peck from Cage to them. These are enhanced on several of the tracks with some excellent gang vocals. The band has a bit of a power metal gallop but is still basically a traditional metal band, though tracks like Blood In The Night do lend themselves to some Judas Priest comparisons.
The band shows it's well-roundedness with tracks such as the slower Crystal Tears, mid tempo Darkest Horror and the quasi-epic ender Temple Of Set. These guys are not one trick ponies by any means and that makes this album never really tire as you go through. A few of the tracks don't quite measure up to the others, but the strong ones really deliver to make up for it.
Overall I find this release to be superb and miles above so much of what has come out before it. I just hope the family on the boat made it out okay, but somehow I doubt it...
\m/ 7.5 \m/
1. Ascendancy
2. Blood In The Night
3. Crystal Tears
4. Darkest Horror
5. The Reckoning
6. Mountain Of Madness
7. The Great Hunt
8. I Stand Alone
9. Temple Of Set
StormSpell Records has been putting out an incredible amount of top notch metal lately, and Stockholm's new traditional unit, Starblind are no exception! Featuring former Steel Attack drummer Mike Stark on the mic, the band unleashes nine tracks of pretty fast tempo heavy/power.
The production is pretty darn good here and speaking of Stark, his vocals are very strong with a bit of a Sean Peck from Cage to them. These are enhanced on several of the tracks with some excellent gang vocals. The band has a bit of a power metal gallop but is still basically a traditional metal band, though tracks like Blood In The Night do lend themselves to some Judas Priest comparisons.
The band shows it's well-roundedness with tracks such as the slower Crystal Tears, mid tempo Darkest Horror and the quasi-epic ender Temple Of Set. These guys are not one trick ponies by any means and that makes this album never really tire as you go through. A few of the tracks don't quite measure up to the others, but the strong ones really deliver to make up for it.
Overall I find this release to be superb and miles above so much of what has come out before it. I just hope the family on the boat made it out okay, but somehow I doubt it...
\m/ 7.5 \m/