Review: IRON FIRE – “To The Grave”

Iron Fire – “To The Grave” [Napalm] … In order to combat the glossiness of much power metal, a band has to do one of the following: play faster, or embrace the darkness. The Danish quintet does both, and also tends toward battle themes, so anyone that enjoys the genre has plenty to like about these guys.  The keyboards are a bit too lilting at times (3, 11), but do add the right atmosphere in places (4). I reviewed a copy with voice-overs, so I had a hard time with all but the first four tracks, but I do recommend checking out 1, 3, and 4 to start, and if you got an unaltered album, try 7, 8, 9 as well. RIYL: Mystic Prophecy, Helloween. FCC OK … 2009Jan19

01. The Beast From The Blackness
02. Kill For Metal
03. The Demon Master
04. Cover The Sun
05. To The Grave
06. March Of The Immortals
07. The Kingdom
08. Frozen In Time
09. Hail To Odin
10. Doom Riders
11. Ghost Of Vengeance
12. The Battlefield
13. Blacksmith of Thunder (bonus track)

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