Iron Mask - Revenge Is My Name (iTunes Version)
“Iron Mask” is the second project of Belgian guitar shredder Dushan Petrossi, better known for his work in “Magic Kingdom”. For all the differences in imagery on the album covers, there is very little difference in the overall sound between the two projects. “Magic Kingdom” seems to focus more on writing catchy songs and limiting the amount of technical displays in the guitar and keyboards, not to mention that the closing song of their 2nd release was a bit unorthodox for a power m etal band of the Malmsteen persuasion. “Iron Mask” focuses a bit more on the lengthy soloing and shred fill-in steeped riffs that are more indicative of Rising Force’s mid-80s material, although both projects draw heavily from that era in Malmsteen’s 2 decades plus career. “Revenge is my name” is musically extremely similar to the first Magic Kingdom release “The Arrival”, although production wise it is a major improvement. Likewise, the vocal delivery on here is a pretty solid step up, although Phil Letawe’s vocals are extremely derivative of Mark Boals. The songwriting has also seen some progression, as the choruses are not as redundant lyrically and the melodies are not as flat as was the case on “The Arrival”. The drum sound is still a heavily 80s sounding reverb heavy variety, but the snare is much more crisp and doesn’t sustain so long that you almost loose the sense of the beat, which was definitely a problem on the Magic Kingdom debut.
Genres: Rock, Music, Metal
Released: Dec 31, 2002
℗ 2002 Lion Music
Tracklist:
01 Enemy Brother Overture
02 Revenge Is My Name
03 March of Victory
04 The Witch Burner
05 Alien Pharao
06 Dimension X
07 Morgana's Castle
08 You Are My Blood
09 The Wolf and the Beast
10 Secret Tunnel of the King
11 Hold the Light
12 Warchild Requiem
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