Year : 2021
Style : Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : Poland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
If ever a band inspired by the achievements of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal could be formed in Rybnik, it happened in 2014.Three friends, one goal: Heavy Metal.Zbyszek, Adam and Krzysiek took Michał under their wing, founded IRONBOUND and hired Bartek as vocalist... Exactly in that order. Their first EP, SHE DEVIL, came out. Good reviews confirmed that it was the right direction. Unfortunately, not everyone wanted to follow it. Bartek went his own way and Ironbound met Łukasz on his hard trodden path. Everyone knew how it would end. First the single, then the full, racy, dripping with Heavy Metal album. And then only the conquest of the world...
Album:
Poles Ironbound would appear indeed to be bound to the Iron Maiden way of doing things; Opening track The Witch Hunt – which follows more of a Euro power metal path – aside, these Rybnik rockers are dedicated to extracting the very last flecks of juice from the DNA of the East Londoners and remoulding and remaking the resultant sound for their own purposes. I’ll leave you to decide whether that’s a good or bad thing, but the undeniable fact is The Lightbringer is a rip roaring romp through the Steve Harris playbook whichever side of the argument you fall to.Smoke And Mirrors, four tracks in, is perhaps the album in microcosm, and certainly the best representation of how they go about their business. In six minutes and fifty two seconds they meld the early Bruce period, the proto-prog Maiden of Fear of the Dark and the post-reformation darkness of the later albums into one easily-digestible gobbet of galloping metal glory. There’s no doubting these guys are deadly serious about what they do, and in the end you find your resolution to view this album as a cold, cynical reviewer/listener crumbling as the urge to put your foot up on the coffee table and start air guitaring furiously takes hold. They may be genuinely serious about all this, but there’s also a joie de vivre about the way Ironbound celebrate the NWoBHM that is absolutely impossible to resist.If you’re looking for a point of reference away from the Irons, then the more recent, heavied-up work of Sweden’s Mean Streak is a pretty positive match, but Ironbound are really only looking at one God over the course of this record, whereas Andy Le Guerin and company worship at a few more altars… but there’s still not a lot between the bands in terms of the excitement they’ll generate if you still wear a battle jacket without any hint of irony.Guitarists Michał Halamoda and Krzysztof Całka cut a powerful figure as they riff heroically on the Prisoneresque Children Left By God, whilst bassist Zbigniew Bizoń clanks away underneath like you know who, and if drummer Adam Całka just lacks the swing of Burr and the bombast of McBrain then he still drives the band on admirably from the back as Łukasz Krauze wails away over the top; Once the track fades away into the ether there’s a fair chance you’ll find yourself wishing that Maiden themselves would come up as something as punchy and direct as this in 2021 – well I did, at least!Great stuff then, and if you’re a Maiden fan of any description I think you should give this a spin at least once – they deserve your attention! And if you just like old fashioned metal well played with a heroic attention to detail, this might just be what you’ve been waiting for as well. Get stuck in!The Lightbringer releases on April 30th.
Line-Up:
Łukasz Krauze - Vocals (2017-present) - See also: Event Urizen, ex-Haures, ex-Disephia (live)
Michał Halamoda - Guitars (lead) (2014-present) - See also: Soul Collector, ex-Moulded Flesh
Krzysztof Całka - Guitars (rhythm) (2014-present) - See also: Sandbreaker, Goddess of Sin, ex-Crimson Ice, ex-River of Time, ex-Hell Machine
Zbigniew Bizoń - Bass (2014-present) - See also: Goddess of Sin, ex-Soul Collector, ex-Hell Machine
Adam Całka - Drums (2014-present) - See also: ex-Crimson Ice, ex-River of Time, ex-Hell Machine
Tracklist:
01. Far Away
02. The Witch Hunt
03. When Eagles Fly
04. Smoke and Mirrors
05. The Lightbringer
06. Children Left by God
07. The Turn of the Tide
08. Light Up the Skies
09. Beyond the Horizon
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