Iron Mask - Shadow of the Red Baron (iTunes Version)
Dushan Petrossi joined the ranks of many prominent power metal artists of the late 90s revolution in choosing the nadir of the genre as the appropriate time for a few years of studio silence. Between his two projects, Magic Kingdom has proven to be the more geared towards innovative ventures, while Iron Mask has been a more conservative affair, and consequently comes off as the more dominant of his two projects. At his heart, Dushan is a full blown student of the Malmsteen school of both shred and songwriting, putting forth a song set that is more in line with mostly retro 80s oriented bands such as Concerto Moon and Stormwind, and ultimately resembles Yngwie’s mid 80s offerings with a somewhat modernized production character. Interestingly enough, “Shadow Of The Red Baron” is the first album where this band decides to put their best foot forward right at the beginning, but manages to keep things consistent throughout. The title song is among the better speed metal celebrations put together in recent years, blazing out some busy guitar work and a gutsy vocal delivery out of Goetz Mohre, who is almost as formidable a presence at the microphone as Hartmann, but comes off with a bit more of a throaty character to his voice. Other memorable songs come in the form of a somewhat folksy seafaring tale in “Black Devil Ship” and a down tempo Mid-Eastern stomper in “Resurrection”, both of which manage to emulate classic 80s shred while mixing things up a bit in the influences department. And to polish off the whole thing is Dushan’s expressive lead guitar display on “Ghost Of The Tzar”, meshing together Malmsteen’s down tempo shred instrumental template with a set of garbled narrations in a haunting death growl, almost as if channeling some of the extreme metal elements found on Magic Kingdom.
Genres: Rock, Music, Metal
Released: Jan 15, 2010
℗ 2010 Lion Music
Tracklist:
01 Shadow of the Red Baron
02 Dreams
03 Forever In the Dark
04 Resurrection
05 Sahara
06 Black Devil Ship
07 We Will Meet Again
08 Universe
09 My Angel Is Gone
10 Only the Good Die Young
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