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Made of Iron
Made of Iron
Made of Iron is a German and Greek true metal band. I like their sound; however I have to wonder about their intent. Their lyrics take a very Christian stance that I don't particularly care for. Though, this could merely be some sort of Crusades concept of the album. I'm undecided yet which it might be.
So for the moment I will just pretend they are regular non-theological metal. I'm pretty into this. They play an older style of metal without sounding outdated, and they don't really remind me of any other true/power bands either. So this sounds somewhat fresh.
They are certainly more True than Power, there are no huge gang chorus chants going on here. It's just straight up metal with clean vocals, but not all whiney clean. The singer is no Bruce Dickinson, but there probably is an Iron Maiden influence here. Upon further listening, I must say there is a very definite Maiden influence.
Wearing these superior headphones it is difficult for me to tell what the production is actually like. I will have to get acclimated to the new phones before I can make true judgements. I will say that if you sound bad in these phones (Bose Quiet Comfort 2) then your production must really suck. That is not the case here, this production sounds just fine.
This is their first album, and for a first album it sounds pretty good. I'd like to hear more from them in the future. I think with a little more experience these guys could put out a killer follow-up.
TRACKLIST:
Fight for the Cross/Die for Jerusalem The Storm Just Began Made of Iron The Alchemist Never Deny Your Fate Peace in Flames Time to Repent Gates to Purgatory King of all Kings
