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Welcome To The End |
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StormHammer are a power
metal band from Germany forming in 1993 releasing their debut album in 2000
and the follow up the following year. Three more albums were released over
the next ten years, establishing StormHammer as another successful power
metal act to emerge from Germany. The bands sixth album, 'Welcome To The
End' was released in 2017. |
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Effects laden and
atmospheric 'The Beginning Of The End' sets up an epic style atmosphere for
'Northman' to come crashing through the speakers at a great rate of knots.
Thundering and rumbling like a freight train, 'Northman' is a pulsating and
adrenalin pumping song that just oozes power. Head bangingly addictive,
StormHammer have been around for over twenty five years and know how to
please their legion of fans, as well as attract new ones. Title song
'Welcome To The End' heavies up proceedings and continues the power metal
assault, bludgeoning the senses with some truly brutal style riffing. Fast
paced and catchy, 'Welcome To The End' has an infectious chorus break that
is sing along. Slowing the pace to a more mid tempo stomp, 'The Heritage'
features Natalie Pereira Dos Santos (The Boris Karloff Syndrome) as a guest
vocalist. As the song progresses, it matures into a full on, full steam
ahead speed metal rage. StormHammer is such an appropriate band name for the
style of music they deliver...very heavy and very hard hitting. |
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'Secret' is a
barnstormer that epitomises everything great about the power metal genre.
The twin guitar attack may have developed in the UK during the eighties
NWOBHM evolution, but it is in full swing here, along with the galloping
rhythms that just begs for heads to be banged. 'The Law' is menacing and
aggressive as it hurtles along at pace, 'Watchmen' is a thunderous, guitar
buzzing romp of pure head banging-ness, with 'Road To Heaven' a blisteringly
quick speed metal rage. Throughout their career to date, StormHammer have
shared a stage with some of the biggest bands in the power metal genre,
bands such as Accept, Powerwolf, Grave Digger and HammerFall. 'Welcome To
The End' (the album) is seventy minutes in length with twelve songs on offer
and is outstanding value for money. 'My Dark Side' is a rampant rage of
heavy guitars and galloping rhythms, yet it does switch to melodic soft rock
and back again with ease. Let's be honest, StormHammer are making this look
easy... |
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The melodic side to
StormHammer is reintroduced to proceedings as 'Into The Night' rumbles in
and streaks across the airwaves. Catchy, infectious and memorable for all
the right reasons, 'Into The Night' has one hundred percent sing a long
ability. 'Welcome To The End' is an album that will be replayed many times
over, such is its addictiveness. Increasing tempo and energy, 'Spirit Of The
Night' sets an electrifying pace as it races on by, the album simply getting
better and better song by song. At almost an hour in, there are still two
songs left to go...superb offering from a band dedicated to please. Hurtling
towards its end, there is absolutely no signs that the blisteringly heavy
and fast paced aural assault is waning. 'Soul Temptation' keeps the
heaviness as heavy as it has been since the first song flew out of the
speakers over an hour ago. The heavy guitars and thunderous rhythms are a
joy to listen to and the head banging style for this type of music can only
be described as ferocious. 'The Awakening' is a twenty two second
atmospheric intro to the final song, the pulsating and very heavy 'Black
Dragon', that also introduces a more growly vocal style than heard on the
album previously. If you have never heard StormHammer before, then you have
missed out on some of the most sparkling power metal ever. Go get the
album...it will be worth it. |
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Overall, very heavy
power metal that is full on and full steam ahead, StormHammer have delivered
an adrenalin pumping album of pure heavy metal. |
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Review by Iron
Mathew Collins |
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Reviewed for
Metal Gods TV |
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