Year : 2025
Style : Epic Heavy Metal
Country : Australia
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 86 mb
Bio:
It was but 2021 when FATE’S HAND quietly emerged with their self-titled debut EP. Downplaying their membership, the Australians nevertheless possess a wealth of veteran experience, with members hailing from such heavyweights as StarGazer and Mongrels Cross among others. As FATE’S HAND, they deftly draw from the primordial well of Northern lore and attack in a savage foray of traditionalist heavy metal. In a word, Fate’s Hand is both old and new, virile and unsurpassed.Now flexing those same muscles across a full-length, FATE’S HAND at last arrive with their debut album, almost-too-perfectly titled Steel, Fire and Ice. With swords drawn and teeth bared, on Steel, Fire and Ice do FATE’S HAND sing an ode to victories on the physical and metaphysical battlefield. Whereas the Aussies’ debut EP totaled four songs, their debut album doubles that; as such, it more boldly and brazenly displays the full fathom of their powers and prowess. And like that EP, on Steel, Fire and Ice does visceral melody grasp tightly on the spear of classic heavy metal, hearkening to the genre’s progenitors and – in the same breath – taunting, daring the very same gods. Bloodied but unbowed, FATE’S HAND’s songwriting goes to more epic lengths whilst remaining urgent and impassioned, stoicism and bravado colliding headlong for a timeless sturm and drang that engages ever more as the album plays on to its penultimate conclusion. High drama as heavy metal, still surprising and unsurpassed!
Album:
With the roar of parting waves and the call of a thousand ravens, Australian heavy metal thunders into new being, bearing the ever-ominous moniker FATE’S HAND.Expect less and your life is forfeit. FATE’S HAND draw first sword!This band put out an EP a few years ago, which I never heard, but this is their proper debut album. This is an Aussie band that kind of sounds Greek or Italian, with that vibe of Hellenic True Metal you get from bands like Battleroar, Wotan, Holy Martyr or Visigoth. This is all about rolling crunch, long songs, and that definite epic vibe that harks back to classic Manowar. The production is a bit laid-back, without the heaviness I would like on the guitars, and while the riffs are good, they don't really stand out that much. Vocalist Denny Blake—who is also vocalist for blackened pirate crew Cauldron Black Ram(!)—lays down a decent performance, though he doesn't really do anything extraordinary. Overall I find this enjoyable but unambitious, not really trying to do anything other bands have not already done, and done better.
Line Up:
Denimal - Vocals (2019-present) - See also: Cauldron Black Ram, Intellect Devourer, Johnny Touch, Martire, Road Warrior, StarGazer, ex-Lord of the Command, ex-Misery's Omen, ex-Myrddraal, ex-Denouncement Pyre, ex-Mournful Congregation
Gjöll - Bass, Guitars (2019-present) - See also: Consummation, Gol, Mongrel's Cross, ex-Netherkin
Langley Smith - Drums (2019-present) - See also: ex-Inhailed
Tracklist:
01. The Quest Spirit (06:00)
02. Fount of all Waters (05:28)
03. Woven in Space and Time (04:45)
04. In the Draugr Deeps (02:30)
05. Fire reigns once more (04:02)
06. Starforger (05:28)
07. The Cosmic Ash (03:59)
08. Stallion of Sky and Seas (05:08)
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