Year : 2017
Style : Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 202 mb
Bio:
Dragonhammer are officially born in 1999 as a trio: Max Aguzzi (voice and guitar), Gae Amodio (bass guitar) and Marino Deyana (drums).The good feedback of the demo-tape “Age of Glory”, helps the band to sign with Legend Music/Elevate Records and to release in 2001 the debut album “The Blood of the Dragon” with which they settle in the power-metal scene of these years. After the good response of the first album, the band finds a new recording contract with Scarlet Records, and in 2004 they release the second album “Time for Expiation”, with licenses also for Taiwan, Russia and Argentina. With the second album the band decides to leave from the epic and fantasy influences that were typical of the first 2000’s, and start to move towards introspective and social themes.After a huge period of stop due to personal motivations of the founder members of the band, Dragonhammer comes back in 2012 with a stronger and new powerful line-up. Giulio Cattivera on keyboards and Andrea Gianangeli on drums join the band alongside with Gae and Max. The band comes back on stage with the new formation playing along with great bands like Jorn Lande, Primal Fear, Ektomorf, Dgm, Elvenking, Trick or treat, etc.. But the Dragonhammer’s official return is finally consacrated by the release of “The X Experiment” in 2013 and a new signing contract with label “My kingdom music”. Modern epic power-prog metal with a futuristic-fantasy is the stamp of the modern Dragonhammer! The X Experiment permits the band to go for a long European tour together with FreedomCall for more than one year, including many countries in northern, east and all the central Europe. Close to the end of the tour, the new guitarist Flavio Cicconi join the band and Dragonhammer ends the tour sharing the stage with Rhapsody of Fire, in this period the band finally reaches a stable formation.After the succesfull response of The X Experiment, time is right to come back in studio and to focus on the fourth album “Obscurity” that is released in October 2017. This album is the continue of the story started in The X Experiment and with powerfull melodies, modern approaches to power and fantasy, it marks the decisive maturation of the band.
Album:
Power metal doesn’t get as much respect as it probably should within the metal community, often referred to as cheesy metal. However some of the best bands in the world play power metal. Bands like Halloween, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth & Sabaton.There are few great modern power metal bands though, something Dragonhammer aim to change. With upbeat melodies, screeching riffs & powerful soaring vocals Obscurity looks to leave a serious impression on the listener.Something that the punchy & catchy The Eye of the Storm, Brother vs Brother & Under the Vatican’s Ground do with ease. Whether it’s screeching solos, crushing drum beats or vocal wailing that will send a shiver through you, Obscurity gets off to a blinding start.Filled with song after song of ‘fist in the air’ metal. Metal that really puts a smile on the face, gets the foot tapping & the horns thrown.The blistering pace & guitar wizardary of The Game of Blood is sublime listening while the darker groove of The Town of Evil is excitingly sinister in style. However, nothing compares to when Dragonhammer just let rip with a huge bombastic sing-along & that is exactly what we get with the glorious battle ready Fighting the Beast. Arguably the best track on the album, it doesn’t drop in energy from the start.Thankfully unlike a lot of power metal bands, Dragonhammer also know when enough is enough too. The penultimate track, Remember My Name is a ballad & one that doesn’t really do much. The only time it lifts itself out of the drudgery is with a decent sounding solo at the end. Had it been the final track then it would have ended the album on a sour note but fortunately the title track caps a very good album off nicely.More in line with what we’ve heard throughout, the symphonic elements make quite the impact as does the increasing pace that makes up the final few minutes. That leads into some absolute wonderous guitar shredding leaving you with a really positive feeling.A strong contender for the best power metal release this year. Dragonhammer are something very special indeed.
Line-Up:
Gae Amodio Bass (1999-present)
Max Aguzzi Vocals, Guitars (1999-present)
Giulio Cattivera Keyboards (2011-present) - See also: ex-Blind Secrets, ex-Joking with Fire
Giuseppe De Paolo Guitars (2013-present)
Andrea Gianangeli Drums (2014-present) - See also: Galderia, ex-Five Hundred Murders
Tracklist:
01. Darkness Is Coming
02. The Eye Of The Storm
03. Brother Vs Brother
04. Under The Vatican's Ground
05. The Game Of Blood
06. The Town Of Evil
07. Children Of The Sun
08. Fighting The Beast
09. Remember My Name
10. Obscurity
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