Spanish melodic progressive metal masters LORDS OF BLACK — who feature in their ranks new RAINBOW singer Ronnie Romero — will release their third album, "Icons Of The New Days", on May 11 via Frontiers Music Srl.
Veteran power metallers Kaledon has released their first album Legend Of The Forgotten Reign - Chapter I: The Destruction, the 1st installment of the saga started in 2002. Power Metal as its best: powerful, melodic and extremely captivating! The beautiful artwork has been made by renowned artist JP Fournier (Edguy, Avantasia, Immortal). Recommended to genre fans, as are all Kaledon albums. Nothing mind-blowing for sure, but Kaledon are good at what they do.
The name alone strikes many wonderful scenes into the minds of power metal fans, from the rolling hills of Scotland, to magical weapons, dragons, and wizards. Enter “Tales From the Kingdom of Fife” the album brought to you by the mastermind behind Alestorm, Christopher Bowes. Focusing on Scottish mythology with a twist, all while exploring the musical realms of epic power metal, this album promises to blow your mind with keyboard solos, soaring heavenly choruses, and triplet drenched string and drum work.
New Heroic Fantasy Power Metal Band by Chris Bowes from ALESTORM feat. EMERALD Singer Thomas Winkler. GLORYHAMMER is the new project of Christopher Bowes, the mastermind of the Pirate Metal sensation ALESTORM. "Tales from the Kingdom of Fife" is a concept album and tells the story of an alternate -history medieval Scotland, a realm of dragons, wizards, magic and dark sorcery. It is the legend of the glorious hero Angus McFife, who wages a long war against the evil wizard Zargothrax, in order to free the people of Dundee. GLORYHAMMER clads these stories in a symphonic Power Metal armor, which will take the listener by storm and will transport them right into the midst of an epic adventure.