Old Season - Beyond the Black (Pure Steel Records)
Beyond the black is the second full length album of Epic metallers Old Season from Kildare, Ireland. Before hearing this album, I had never heard of the band, and boy did they blow me away. Their music has an ageless quality to it, with heavy and epic elements mixed in, in equal quantities to produce one of the best epic releases in 2017. The band has a new singer compared to their previous release, John Bonham, with vocals lines that are clearly meant as a homage to NWOBHM sound. "River of Cepha", "Elegy" and the astonishing closer "Nevermore"rank as the most epic and grandiose moments of the album, while tracks like "Scavenger" and "Journeyman", serve as a link to a more straight/in-your-face aspect of the band that seems to be more in line with the new direction of the band, that although straying from its epic roots, still delivers some epic thrills! A surefire recommendation for fans of epic metal, as well as those that enjoy their music old-school.
91.5/100
Below is the audio track for the opener "A New Dawn".
91.5/100
Below is the audio track for the opener "A New Dawn".
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