RUNNING WILD — Port Royal (review)

RUNNING WILD — Port Royal album cover Album · 1988 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
Warthur
Port Royal finds Running Wild's "pirate metal" schtick firmly in place - though I can't help but feel that this is more of a detriment to the music than it is an asset. Encroaching power metal influences around the edges mean that the music veers towards the cheesy a little too often for my taste, and on top of that the compositions just aren't that interesting. The best moments of the album sound to me rather reminiscent of a second-rate Iron Maiden imitation - and why settle for an imitation when the original and best is so good? "Lukewarm and mediocre" would be how I'd sum up Port Royal. Yo-ho-no thank you.
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