ICED EARTH — Night of the Stormrider (review)

ICED EARTH — Night of the Stormrider album cover Album · 1991 · US Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
A confident second album from Iced Earth sees them playing a mixture of power metal and thrash, with the influence of Iron Maiden regularly becoming apparent. The concept, revolving around the life of a vengeful protagonist chosen by the dark forces of nature to be some variety of terrifying warlord in their name, isn't especially original, but it does lend the album an impressive cohesiveness. John Greely's vocals are not quite on a par with his successor's, but work well with the material in question. On the whole, the album is a more or less acceptable example of thrash-based US power metal.
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