Iron Savior - Megatropolis
Dockyard Records 2007
By Adam McAuley
Moderately enjoyable, but mostly relatively generic power metal is on display here with a vocalist, Piet Sielck, that has difficulty controlling his tone. Mediocre production values round out a chugging sound that has a few nuances, but remains uninteresting for the most part. The name of the band would bring about an epic flair that signature bands like Iron Maiden would seem to emit, but instead here we have a sound that is mostly difficult to differentiate from other bands of either the power metal or the traditional metal genres despite being of a decent enough quality.
Although Iron Savior's sound is at least adequate by all means, there just isn't enough innovation here that would attract somewhat to the genre as slightly more bombastic and electric band like Rhapsody might be able to do. The tempos of the songs remain quite consistent with not a whole lot of variation, but just enough catchiness to keep your attention. Riffs move along crisply, but don't have enough bite to pull you in as entertaining classic trash would have the ability to do and thus this will appeal more to the more pleasant sounding fans of the power genre. One of the few tracks that I found slightly more compelling is The Omega Men, whose chorus is certainly one of the more attractive that you'll find on the album. In terms of solo breaks, they are present and efficiently done, but not breathtaking by any means.
Overall, this comes recommended more to fans of the power metal genre specifically, but people looking for captivating and highly unique material might be advised to look otherwise. Also, though the band seems to have slight lasting power associated with them now after having been around for more than ten years, the sum of their parts won't pull you in as much as veterans like Iron Maiden are still capable of doing, in my opinion.
Official Iron Savior Website
Official Dockyard Records Website
Dockyard Records 2007
By Adam McAuley
Moderately enjoyable, but mostly relatively generic power metal is on display here with a vocalist, Piet Sielck, that has difficulty controlling his tone. Mediocre production values round out a chugging sound that has a few nuances, but remains uninteresting for the most part. The name of the band would bring about an epic flair that signature bands like Iron Maiden would seem to emit, but instead here we have a sound that is mostly difficult to differentiate from other bands of either the power metal or the traditional metal genres despite being of a decent enough quality.
Although Iron Savior's sound is at least adequate by all means, there just isn't enough innovation here that would attract somewhat to the genre as slightly more bombastic and electric band like Rhapsody might be able to do. The tempos of the songs remain quite consistent with not a whole lot of variation, but just enough catchiness to keep your attention. Riffs move along crisply, but don't have enough bite to pull you in as entertaining classic trash would have the ability to do and thus this will appeal more to the more pleasant sounding fans of the power genre. One of the few tracks that I found slightly more compelling is The Omega Men, whose chorus is certainly one of the more attractive that you'll find on the album. In terms of solo breaks, they are present and efficiently done, but not breathtaking by any means.
Overall, this comes recommended more to fans of the power metal genre specifically, but people looking for captivating and highly unique material might be advised to look otherwise. Also, though the band seems to have slight lasting power associated with them now after having been around for more than ten years, the sum of their parts won't pull you in as much as veterans like Iron Maiden are still capable of doing, in my opinion.
Official Iron Savior Website
Official Dockyard Records Website
