the metal of Shadowbane (Germany): Facing the Fallout (Pure Steel Records)

Shadowbane (Germany): Facing the Fallout (Pure Steel Records)

Shadowbane’s perfectionist equilibrium of metal should make it ideal for the band to hit the road with thrashers Overkill or Destruction, power metallers Helloween or Dragonforce, and heavy metallers Iced Earth or Primal Fear because Shadowbane consolidates the uptempo speed/melodies of power metal, the upfront riffs/shredding of thrash and the singing of heavy metal.

Shadowbane has taken out the weak elements of all three genres, and put in strength and more strength. Get rid of the punk/unprofessional vocals of thrash; throw out the happy/poppy melodies of power metal; take out the ballads and slow songs of heavy metal. Instead, make the songs for headbanging, do great soloing and give them the punch of thrash and make it Shadowbane.

They must have thought about what makes a strong album and pinpointed all the nonsense that ruins metal albums: bands writing ballads, bands doing silly experimentation, bands doing filler songs that clearly are inferior to the strong songs. It’s like Shadowbane has listened to lots of albums and has noticed that there some “classic” albums with songs that are of lower quality and decided to eliminate the weak links, and keep the rocking, the shredding, the singing, the headbanging tunes. This is Shadowbane. Remember the name. www.puresteel-records.com www.facebook.com/SHADOWBANEmetal

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