I have nothing but utmost respect and love for Blaze Bayley. This man, besides creating fantastic music, two albums with Maiden and afterwards all his opus, done everything diy in his career, all the ups and downs, heartbreaks and getting ups, making him an icon and a legend larger than life. This is his new studio full length album offering 10 songs of uplifting, inimitable and epic heavy melodic metal. Blaze´s voice sounds stronger than ever and this bunch of songs are maybe best he provided in more than last ten years or maybe fifteen. Some of the lyrics are historic like great 303, some are fantasy, but best part of Blaze´s music are lyrics and songs that pick you up whenever you are shattered on the floor and feel you can´t go anymore. When depression you battle threatens to finish you off and you feel end would be your final rest. Then comes Blaze and songs like Warrior, the title track or Pull Yourself Up and you say fuck you to the world and you get up, ready to fight new battle in this never ending war called daily life. This is a superb album and hats off and much love and respect to the legend!
Finnish melodic metal quartet Scars of Solitude has released a new single. No Riddance is the second single taken from the group’s upcoming EP called If These Walls Could Talk to be released later this year.
According to the band’s singer/guitarist Tuomo Laulainen“No Riddance is a explosively energetic and vitally melodic metal anthem with a catchy chorus of which’s energy and straightforwardness is borrowed from pop-punk. The song used to go with the working title ’Paramore’ for a long time. The song’s lyrics were written during the sleepless nights accompanied by arrythmia and anxiety as if it were the exact opposite of the song’s musical side.” The music video for No Riddance was filmed during the “busy gigging year” of 2020 and it is filled with the band’s hearty spirit and its live energy. Luckily the band could go and play most of their planned shows safely even during the weird year and only had to cancel two of them. The EP still has no release date but it should see the light of day during the second half of the year. More details will follow once the release date has been set.
Wow! This is all I can say after listening to new Dagorlath record! This band is hailing from Spain and I must admit that I am soo happy having listened to this one, because I love this record. Dagorlath celebrates tenth anniversary of the band and they released their best songs re-recorded. There are eight songs on this one. The music of Dagorlath is just the way I like it. Epic fast and furious melodic hymnic metal with warrior touch and makes me smile and pump my fist in the air and it cheers my heart in these dark times of no gigs and festivals yet. The lyrics are in Spanish, so I don´t really understand what they are singing about but the musicianship, speed, melodic and fast guitar riffs, hooks and especially vocals and backing vocal harmonies are so epic! I love Hoy debes luchar and it is one of my personal favorites on this record with those sweet, sweet, harmonies. This music is perfect for keeping the flame alive and making your old warrior´s heart pumping with fresh blood. My other personal favorites are Mithrandir and Llanto de fuego. Cheers Dagorlath and keep your armor shining and your swords high for another ten years at least!
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