THEOCRACY — As the World Bleeds (review)

THEOCRACY — As the World Bleeds album cover Album · 2011 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Stephen
A friend asked me to try this album because he said that it's one of his top notch power metal albums of 2011. He claims this one is like a cross of EDGUY and HELLOWEEN, and I'll agree to that even though I'm not quite sure whether it's really a superb album as I spotted a few of fillers down there.

The grandiose epic opener, 'I Am', that spanned over 11 minutes, actually has the potential to become the best track here, but honestly I think it's simply too long and i'm sure they can just cut it to 8 minutes top, and it's still a wonderful tune. The tempo is dynamic and wrapped with folkish Celtic element, probably the most progressive track here. Now 'The Master Storyteller' is really excellent. Melodic heavy metal, with power chuggy riffs, the intro and chorus are tremendous.

'Nailed' reminds me of later day HELLOWEEN, another groundbreaker with an ultimate high-pitch screamer, the chorus is also very melodic. 'Light of The World' is another winner on the second half, but like I said earlier, there are some dull moments. 'The Gift of Music' is a balladic attempt which evolved into uptempo track, not great but also not bad. 'Drown' is pretty bad, and together with 'As The World Bleeds', both are the worst tracks here.

The production is great though. The rest 3 tracks are between average to good, and I arrived at the final score of 75%, and perhaps not as high as my friend's score which is around 85%-90%. If you like EDGUY and HELLOWEEN, guaranteed that you're going to chew this easily. Good stuff!
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