PERSUADER — The Fiction Maze (review)

PERSUADER — The Fiction Maze album cover Album · 2014 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Kev Rowland
These guys have been at it for fifteen years now, and one really has to wonder what they could have achieved if it wasn’t for record company issues. I mean, having one label going bust on you is bad luck, but two? Anyway, here they are with their fourth album and one can only hope that this helps them get the breaks they need, as power metal rarely gets any better than this. The vocals are clear and high with an emotional edge, the music is packed full of riffs and hooks and the rhythm section just blast it along. Imagine Blind Guardian and Iced Earth mixing it up with Sabaton and even a few bits and pieces of Meshuggah and you may get close to what this is all about. They may lost a lot of their momentum over the years but surely this is going to give them the impetus as this really starts 2014 off with a bang. It is definitely way too early in the year to be talking about Top Tens, but this is surely going to be making many an impact on yearly lists in December.

Seriously, if you enjoy power metal with plenty of bollocks, twists, musical dexterity and great vocals being driven along by a band firing on all cylinders then this is something you just have to here. Honestly, power metal rarely gets any better than this. I love it. www.innerwound.com
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