Iron Kingdom is a powerful New Wave of
British Heavy Metal type band who are very reminiscent of Judas
Priest. Blessed with a singer who has a simply incredible set of
pipes their new record Curse of the Voodoo Queen is
a powerful tribute to the NWOBHM gods who made music like this
possible. Filled with tasty double guitar riffs, heavy bass lines and
explosive drumming Iron Kingdom blast through the listeners ears with
their fun sonic overload and good old fashioned dedication to all
that is heavy.
I love
the epic guitar parts that are found throughout this record, they
nicely compliment the similarly operatic vocals. They gel nicely in
the songs which average around four and a half minutes in length. The
exception being their ultimate track the progressive masterwork
Montezuma. The album is nicely laid out too, there are a few shorter
rockers that come after some of the proggier pieces. Montezuma is a
fitting endpiece to the record, another song like it would have
risked the record becoming boring but as is it flows nicely with the
rest of the album and leaves the listener wholly satisfied with the
work.
In
conclusion, if you're looking for powerful guitar driven NWOBHM
styled metal that features some simply excellent vocals then Iron
Kingdom is not to be missed. Curse of the Voodoo Queen is
a killer record with metal anthems and fantasy inspired operas, it
nicely sums up what the NWOBHM is all about and properly captures the
spirit of great bands like Iron Maiden and Dio. Inspiring and
beautiful this is an elegantly running album with excellent
production and stellar songwriting that makes for a memorable end
product.
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