STEEL ENGRAVED – State Of Siege

Very old school sounding German power metal here on this 10 song full length. Songs like “Pastor Brown” and “Stainless Steel” align themselves musically with tried and true acts like Blind Guardian, Manowar, Running Wild and others in that early to mid 80’s true ilk. The struggle with consistent airplay lies solely in the vocals – running up and down the scales while barely staying in key and often beyond the realm of conviction. Lead singer Vocal won’t be in the Eric Adams or Bruce Dickinson comparison sweepstakes anytime soon based on songs like “Godspeed” or “I Am The War”.

4.5 on the music, 2.5 on the vocals, thus my rating meets in the middle.

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