Latest Metal Releases coming in June/July

Some Metal Releases due out in the UK in June & July pre-release tracks are already being played on Radio Thunder UK

Fogalord – Masters of War 2 Jun
LionSoul – Welcome Storm 23 Jun
Orden Ogan – Gunmen 2 Jul
Wizard – Fallen Kings 16 Jun
Kissin’ Dynamite – Generation Goodbye-Dynamite Nights Live 14Jul
Iced Earth Incorruptible 16 June
Blind Guardian – Live Beyond the Spheres 7 Jul
TEN – Gothica 7 Jul
Unleash the Archers – Apex 2 June
Secret Sphere The Nature of Time June 2
Edguy – Monuments 14 Jul
Ravenia – Creators of the Apocalypse(single) ?

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Tracks from Metal Albums will appear on the Radio Thunder UK
Playlist
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New Albums From Lesser Known Metal Bands

Lesser Known Bands with their Latest Albums making the Playlist of  Radio Thunder UK

Brothers of Metal – Prophecy of Ragnarok
Tame the Lightning – The One
Night Demon – Darkness Remains
Mindmaze – Resolve
Ruins of Elysium – Seeds Of Chaos And Serenity
Steel Seal – The Lion’s Den
Wednesday 13 – Condolences
Vandroya – Beyond the Human Mind
Corvus Java – Forbidden Gate
Labyrinth Architecture of a God
Mastercastle – Wine of Heaven
Damnations Day – A World Awakens

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Tracks from Metal Albums will appear on the Radio Thunder UK
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Cryonic Temple – Into the Glorious Battle

Searching for new Metal Releases for downloading to play on Radio Thunder UK, I came across this unexpectedly, the full album ready for downloading on Amazon UK, even the release date is down as being in April, so quick as a flash I downloaded before they could take it away. So glad I did.
After just one play I could tell this was going to be an album to get into my Top 10 Power Metal Albums of 2017.
14 Tracks of Power Metal, 2 are Intro tracks but out of the other 12, there is only one track (9) that wouldn’t make the Radio Playlist. Choosing the tracks to put on is difficult, after many plays I think All the Kingsmen is my favourite track, but tracks 2-7 are all great so hard to choose, so they get put on as well.

 

Rating: 9/10
Tracklist
1. The Beginning of a New Era (2:27)
2. Man of a Thousand Faces (5:17)
3. All the Kingsmen (4:48)
4. Prepare for War (4:33)
5. Heroes of the Day (5:11)
6. Mighty Eagle (3:31)
7. Into the Glory Battle (4:19)
8. The Speech (0:54)
9. Mean Streak (3:04)
10. Flying over the Snowy Fields (4:13)
11. Can’t Stop the Heat (4:41)
12. This War Is Useless (Eulogy) (5:12)
13. Heavy Burden (5:31)
14. Freedom (7:55)

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Seven Kingdoms – Decennium Review

I’d been waiting for this album ever since I signed up in 2016 for their funding campaign, and in February 2017 it was delivered. The rest of the UK have to wait till 25th May 2017 for it to be released.
It will be worth the wait, it does not disappoint, Symphonic Power Metal in all it’s glory. Only one listening and I was hooked I had to play it again and again. There are 10 tracks on Decennium and the first 6 nail it, I can’t chose a favourite from them, all excellent, the last 4 aren’t bad but a slight drop in performance, where the riffs are still good but the Thrash pace just seemed to take over all the songs.
As with the last album The Fire is Mine in 2012, the music is based around the vocals of Sabrina. She has a powerful voice and she uses a very clean, strong melodic style. There is a heaviness and aggression supplied by guitars and the album runs along with Power and great Riffs.

Rating 8.5/10
Track Listing:
1.Stargazer *****
2.Undying *****
3.In The Walls *****
4.The Tale Of Deathface Ginny *****
5.Castles In The Snow *****
6.Kingslayer *****
7.The Faceless Hero ****
8.Neverending ****
9.Hollow ****
10.Awakened From Nothing ****

Top Power Metal Album – Grimgotts

Grimgotts – Extenditus Playus + Here Be Dragonlords

It’s always hard to try to pick your top album of the year, there are so many.

On the CD it says Symphonic Power Metal from the UK and is two EPs joined into one package. It’s good to have a Power Metal band come through in the UK, it’s been a while since I put on a CD and found out that I enjoyed every track, this is in spite there being line up changes between the two parts of the CD. The vocals from Andy Barton hold everything together as the Melodic Power Metal changes styles from track to track. The combined parts of the CD have 10 tracks. 

Both parts of the CDs have the now obligatory intro track for the first minute. Extenditus Playus has a Seafaring Theme, (a Melodic Alestorm ?). Here Be Dragonlords needs no introduction on the Theme, and if you were to twist my hand I’d have to say it is the better of the two parts, only because it has the stand out track ‘Fight Against the World’.

The best compliment I can give them is that this was like listening to the first Power Quest Album for the first time, you just know there may be more good stuff to come. If you like bands like Wisdom, Power Quest, Dreamtale & Orden Ogan etc check them out.

 

 

Power Metal Albums of the Year 2016

Wings of Destiny –  Kings of Terror

Thornbridge – What will Prevail

Dreamtale – Seventhian

Twilight Force – Heroes of Mighty Magic

Winterstorm – Cube of Infinity

Wisdom – Rise of the Wise

Tracks from these Albums will appear on the Radio Thunder UK
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New Metal Releases coming Jan/Feb

These are New Metal Releases due out in Jan/Feb 2017 in the UK

Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain – Expected 17 Feb 2017
Seven Kingdoms – Decennium – Expected Jan/Feb 2017 (Kickstarter)
Victorius – Heart of the Phoenix – 13 jan 2017
Bloodbound – War of Dragons – Expected 24 Feb 2017
Majesty – Rebels – Expected 3 Mar 2017
Crystal Viper Queen of the Witches – Expected 17 Feb 2017
Lancer – Mastery – Expected 13 Jan 2017
Grave Digger – Healed by Metal – Expected 13 Jan 2017
Firewind – Immortals – Expected 20 Jan 2017
Kreator Gods of Violence – Expected 27 Jan 2017
Xandria Theater of Dimensions – Expected 27 Jan, 2017

Tracks from these Albums will appear on the Radio Thunder UK
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You can find out the latest news & tracks being played by going to the Twitter page Tweets by @GordOfThunder