Another band producing music I didn’t quite expect given the name, but once I got over the initial surprise I was smiling and having a blast. The band describe their music as a dose of Pantera, a dash of Amon Amarth, forged in metal and big melodies, but to me this is straightforward power metal played with plenty of bollocks, plenty of volume, and hooks a plenty. They have shared a stage with the likes of Morbid Angel, Delain, Powerwolf and Brainstorm, toured with Serenity and Visions of Atlantis, and now they have released their debut full-length album surely it can only get bigger and better for these guys.
Iris Boanta isn’t what many will expect from a female singer, as vocally she has much more in common with rough-edged singers from the male genre, and she has a power and range that will be the envy of many. This isn’t someone who is sweet and innocent, or playing on her looks, but instead is one of the boys and is getting down and dirty with the best of them. This is rough and raucous stuff, but there is always plenty of melody, and at times they are almost poppy, but in a heavier style than The Wildhearts (who surely must be the masters at putting pop hooks and metal together in such a way that metalheads don’t realise). There are ten songs on this album, with each one firmly there in its own right – no room for album fillers. This is the first I have heard about the band, but know it won’t be the last.
