I am still mucking around with ratings/rankings , but a few teaser comments:
A strong, pacy guitar driven track that I enjoyed more than most $^$%^@ that I have heard. I don’t think the chorus is brilliant but the guitars get this one over the line
I found it quite a pleasant listen ,although I am not sure that there’s enough going on for me to be itching to play it over and over. It would work very well on an album in between tracks to create an atmosphere, which I imagine is how it was employed
The only album in my collection that it reminds me of a bit is Zakk Wylde’s Pride and Glory
the progressive elements were cleverly infused with melody and there were enough regular twists and turns (without meandering proggy stuff) to hold my interest
It’s the sort of music that I would really need to be in the mood for if I was to listen to a full album.
This song doesn’t quite have the vocal or instrumental brilliance to be getting a 10/10 but it’s certainly very strong power metal and there were some little melodic things going on that revealed themselves over multiple listens