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MiskamNiretet · 4.0 / 5 · · 2024-08-02 01:31:07
EveryDisc · 4.0 / 5 · · 2017-12-20 07:30:01
In my youth, I loved this Teutonic metal collective very much, but for 10 years I haven't heard anything sensible from them, although albums have been coming out regularly. So now I didn't expect anything sensible, and decided to listen for the sake of ticking a box, in order to shake my hair, which is no longer there. But it turned out that the guys can still do it. And they can do it perfectly. They didn't change their style, didn't invent a new sound, they just did it like it should be done. Of course, this is a collection of power-anthems, but they are truly power, and not just in name. And most of all I was pleased by vocalist Sian D'Anna, who seems to not be aging. Or skilfully hides it. Liar and Betrayal - not super original, but the drive is transcendental; Live Your Life - a classic version of Wizard; Brothers in Spirit - a fast, proper brotherhood theme; White Wolf - recalls the testaments of Manowar and everyone who is true, and if you want something more epic, then Frozen Blood; Wizard Until the End - no need to reinvent what has been invented...they don't even try!; Father to Son reminded me of the best samples of Aria with Berkut on vocals; Let Us Unite also shouldn't be missed, there is something in it. There are many proper metal bands, but more and more of them are going down the path of standardizing sound into mid-tempo rockers with identical uninvented choruses. Wizard were going the same way, but, fortunately, they remembered their roots from the 80-90s. The main thing is that the guys don't stray from the right path again. To all true metal!
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