Power Metal Reviews
High tempos, soaring vocals, memorable choruses, and majestic melodies – often harmonies – all made me an avid power metal fan as an early teenager. And despite getting into other genres through the years, my love for power metal never really faded away. As a result, quite a large part of my Album of the Week reviews have been about power metal albums. You can find all the power metal reviews published on Kevy Metal right here. Overlaps with my heavy metal reviews inevitably exist.
If you are looking something that isn’t listed here, I might still have reviewed it. I didn’t start properly tagging my reviews until a few years in. You can use the search bar to search for any artist or release you want to know more about using the search bar at the bottom of the page.
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Album of the Week 50-2015: Galneryus – Under The Force Of Courage
Opinions on Galneryus’ previous album ‘Vetelgyus’ were divided. The album saw the band deviating from their trusted formula by injecting more Hardrock than usual into their highly melodic Power Metal sound. Personally I quite liked the record, but those of you who had their concerns need not worry: ‘Under The…
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Album of the Week 47-2015: Galneryus – Reincarnation
Original singer Yama-B’s final album with Japanese Power Metal masters Galneryus is one of their most controversial releases. The album is more experimental in nature than any of their previous records – which have all been more or less straight up Power Metal – and that may put off some…
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Album of the Week 46-2015: Raglaia – Creation
After her departure caused Aldious’ fluff levels to increase significantly, one could conclude that Rami was pushing for the heavier side of the band. Raglaia’s debut album – or really even the singles that came out before it – seem to support that conclusion. Rami’s clean voice is supported by…
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Album of the Week 45-2015: Crimson Glory – Transcendence
Futuristic sounding albums ironically have a way of not standing the test of time too well. ‘Transcendence’, the sophomore album of Florida-based progressive Metal band Crimson Glory, still sounds quite fresh. It’s obvious that it’s a product of the late eighties Progmetal scene with its sizable amounts of reverb, but…
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Album of the Week 42-2015: Queensrÿche – Condition Hüman
After what can be only considered one of the most embarrassing soap operas in Heavy Metal history and a surprisingly concise legal battle, Seattle’s Queensrÿche moved on without their legendary singer Geoff Tate. For any band, this would be a disaster, but for remaining original members Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson…
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Album of the Week 41-2015: Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell
Black Sabbath of course has a legendary status in the pantheon of Heavy Metal based on their first six albums with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals alone. And rightfully so. But none of Black Sabbath’s albums are so amazing all the way through as ‘Heaven And Hell’, which was recorded with…
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Album of the Week 37-2015: Blind Guardian – At The Edge Of Time
Generally, ‘At The Edge Of Time’ is seen as Blind Guardian’s big return to form after ‘A Twist In The Myth’, which I personally didn’t consider as that much of a departure from the rest of their discography, but whatever. The album does however bring something back to the table…
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Album of the Week 34-2015: Galneryus – Resurrection
Not that I want to make a habit of stating the obvious, but ‘Resurrection’ was sort of a second coming for Japan’s Galneryus. It was the first album with their current singer Masatoshi Ono and also the first thing to be released after the heavier and more experimental ‘Reincarnation’, which…
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Album of the Week 32-2015: Volcano – Melt
Over two decades have passed since Sheja left Japanese Thrash legends Gargoyle, but the basic elements of his compositions are still the same in Volcano. There’s his lethal guitar tone, perfectly suited to both his vicious riffs and highly melodic leads, raw vocals – though “gruff” would be a more…
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