Power Surge - Shadows Warning (2025)
Posted: 05 May 2025, 08:00
Power Surge - Shadows Warning (2025)
Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Croatia , Serbia , United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 97 mb
Bio:
Power Surge is a new heavy metal band fronted by singer/ multi-instrumentalist Roko and guitarist Srdjan, a back to roots project celebrating their passion for the golden age of heavy metal with influences ranging from speed metal to AOR worn proudly on their sleeves. Look out for their debut releases and live dates in Sep 2024.
Album:
There is only one thing better than Heavy Metal from the late ’80s, and that’s a band from the roaring ’20s crafting Metal that would more than grace those halcyon days of 40 years ago. Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you the dulcet tones of POWER SURGE and their album ”Shadows Warning” for your delectation.Formed in June 2024, Power Surge typifies what the term Heavy Metal is all about with this debut album. With nine tracks of exquisitely produced melodic metallic music, this is one of the best debut albums in this genre in 2025.POWER SURGE’s music primarily evoking the late 1980s when bands were taking classic metal origins to the next step-whether ramping up the pace with faster technical riffing, introducing progressive twists, or adding a touch of AOR mystique.The band members are no strangers to the European metal scene – as example, singer Roko has performed direct support to bands like Whitesnake and Armored Saint, leads his own band Flesh, and is a longterm collaborator of Dino Jelusick.Straight out of the traps comes the title track, Shadows Warning and here is a warning of my own: it’s infectiously catchy. With powerful vocals and some excellent guitar work, this is one of those songs that is really difficult to get out of your head once you hear it.However, this is just a precursor for bigger and better things as A Dream Into A Nightmare follows. This little ditty is an absolute monster, with its urgent intro, soaring vocals, chunky, almost choppy rhythm and solid, powerful bassline. And the drums. Did I mention the drums? The double-kick sections are something to behold. This is proper, good old-fashioned head-banging in the mosh-pit fayre.Breathe New Life enters the fray like a heavyweight boxer about to throw his weight around. The initial fret-work floats like a butterfly briefly before the twin guitars ramp it up and sting like a bee with a series of breakneck jabs from their axes of aural delight.As for those drums – it’s 15 rounds of Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed, the skins take an absolute battering of epic proportion. Finally, the vocals are a powerful and compelling joy to listen to. This is one hell of song and certainly a favorite.The Dawning is next up. The lyrics are the real stand-out and not a single word is out of place. With the heavy guitars giving the song quite a dense, dark and brooding feel to it, you almost get a sense of foreboding with this track. Following on comes No Turning Back, which has a Metallica-esque feel to it. It’s fast, really fast. It has an energy to it that is aggressive like an angry pit bull latching onto you like you’re its lunch.Calm Before The Storm was the track that announced Power Surge to the world, released as initial single. A serene opening is followed by an explosion of a riff, which hits you like a ton of lead. The vocals are superb and yet again, the rhythm section is as solid as an aged oak. This was the first single from the album, and it really is a great introduction to the band.The next song threw me somewhat, as I was not expecting what blasted out of my speakers. Carry On is actually a cover of a 1984 Warriors track, a group who hail from former Yugoslavia. Musically, it is a fantastic track, with some top-quality fret-work that really hits the spot.However, it’s the vocals which knock you off-balance as Roko is joined by Claymorean vocalist Dejana Betsa Garčević, and it just works really well. The contrast between the two vocalists accentuates what is an epic lyrical journey. Despite this being a cover, Power Surge have really taken ownership of this song.Last Man Standing has big shoes to fill in following on from Carry On but, it manages to hold its own with aplomb. The bassline carries this song beautifully, blending in with the luscious guitar tones and of course, those kick-arse drums. This track takes you to very different places, with the peaks of the ambitious yet thoughtful guitar work, climbing and ascending like a seasoned mountaineer, with every note played perfectly. It then descends into a melodic atmospheric trough, quieter, almost melancholic. Then BANG…. galloping rhythms coming at you like the light brigade charging at you full pelt, with sabres drawn. As for the vocals, this is wide-angled sonics of the highest order. Yet again peaks emanate from Roko’s vocal chords – uplifting and glorious.The final track on the album, Burnout, is a scorcher. Fast and furious does not even begin to describe the opening. Fingers tear up the fretboard like greased lightning with incendiary soloing and bone-crushing chords. It’s that double-kick pedal again, slamming into the bass drum like an over-sensitive trip-hammer. The bass thunders along like a bullet train, purposeful, heavy, unstoppable. Yet again the vocals are compelling and urgent. With a cracking chorus and the primal screams of “burnout” throughout the song, this number has fan favorite stamped all over it.Power Surge have done something which is rather rare in the music industry – they have delivered a faultless debut album. Every track is top-notch, all killer, no filler. Their musicianship exceeds expectations – and make no mistake, these guys are highly accomplished musicians.How on earth they are going to follow this album is a complete mystery. With the bar set this high, the guys are going to have to come up with something even more spectacular to top this.
Line Up:
Roko Nikolić - Vocals (2024-present) - See also: Elusive God, Flesh, ex-Animal Drive, ex-Sufosia (live), ex-Decomposing Entity (live), ex-FOAD, ex-Full Throttle, ex-Horda, ex-Jelusick (live)
Srđan Bilić - Guitars (2024-present) - See also: Cutlass, Primitai, ex-Pirates of Metal
Calvin Lever - Guitars (2024-present) - See also: Primitai, ex-Night Screamer
Radek Koval - Bass (2024-present) - See also: Cutlass, Neuronspoiler, ex-Pirates of Metal, ex-Sklepmaster
Milan "The Yeqy" Jejina - Drums (2024-present) - See also: A|symmetry, Magma, Organized Chaos, Sangre Eterna, Consecration (live), ex-Draconic, Crna Barbika, Jailbreak Band (Guns N' Roses tribute), Maatra, S.A.R.S., Sanja Ilić & Balkanika, Stellar Seer, The Yeqy, David "Maxim" Mićić (live), ex-Amaranth, ex-Chontaraz, ex-King Size, ex-Oblivion Awaits, ex-Rapidforce, ex-Primitai (live), ex-Quasarborn (live), ex-Pirates of Metal (live), ex-Destiny Potato, ex-Fonic, ex-Kryn, ex-The CUBE, ex-The Lack of Motivation
Tracklist:
01. Shadows Warning 04:36
02. A Dream into a Nightmare 04:28
03. Breathe New Life 05:41
04. With the Dawning 05:14
05. No Turning Back 03:31
06. Calm Before the Storm 05:25
07. Carry On (Warriors cover) 04:45
08. Last Man Standing 04:41
09. Burnout 03:46
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Croatia , Serbia , United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 97 mb
Bio:
Power Surge is a new heavy metal band fronted by singer/ multi-instrumentalist Roko and guitarist Srdjan, a back to roots project celebrating their passion for the golden age of heavy metal with influences ranging from speed metal to AOR worn proudly on their sleeves. Look out for their debut releases and live dates in Sep 2024.
Album:
There is only one thing better than Heavy Metal from the late ’80s, and that’s a band from the roaring ’20s crafting Metal that would more than grace those halcyon days of 40 years ago. Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you the dulcet tones of POWER SURGE and their album ”Shadows Warning” for your delectation.Formed in June 2024, Power Surge typifies what the term Heavy Metal is all about with this debut album. With nine tracks of exquisitely produced melodic metallic music, this is one of the best debut albums in this genre in 2025.POWER SURGE’s music primarily evoking the late 1980s when bands were taking classic metal origins to the next step-whether ramping up the pace with faster technical riffing, introducing progressive twists, or adding a touch of AOR mystique.The band members are no strangers to the European metal scene – as example, singer Roko has performed direct support to bands like Whitesnake and Armored Saint, leads his own band Flesh, and is a longterm collaborator of Dino Jelusick.Straight out of the traps comes the title track, Shadows Warning and here is a warning of my own: it’s infectiously catchy. With powerful vocals and some excellent guitar work, this is one of those songs that is really difficult to get out of your head once you hear it.However, this is just a precursor for bigger and better things as A Dream Into A Nightmare follows. This little ditty is an absolute monster, with its urgent intro, soaring vocals, chunky, almost choppy rhythm and solid, powerful bassline. And the drums. Did I mention the drums? The double-kick sections are something to behold. This is proper, good old-fashioned head-banging in the mosh-pit fayre.Breathe New Life enters the fray like a heavyweight boxer about to throw his weight around. The initial fret-work floats like a butterfly briefly before the twin guitars ramp it up and sting like a bee with a series of breakneck jabs from their axes of aural delight.As for those drums – it’s 15 rounds of Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed, the skins take an absolute battering of epic proportion. Finally, the vocals are a powerful and compelling joy to listen to. This is one hell of song and certainly a favorite.The Dawning is next up. The lyrics are the real stand-out and not a single word is out of place. With the heavy guitars giving the song quite a dense, dark and brooding feel to it, you almost get a sense of foreboding with this track. Following on comes No Turning Back, which has a Metallica-esque feel to it. It’s fast, really fast. It has an energy to it that is aggressive like an angry pit bull latching onto you like you’re its lunch.Calm Before The Storm was the track that announced Power Surge to the world, released as initial single. A serene opening is followed by an explosion of a riff, which hits you like a ton of lead. The vocals are superb and yet again, the rhythm section is as solid as an aged oak. This was the first single from the album, and it really is a great introduction to the band.The next song threw me somewhat, as I was not expecting what blasted out of my speakers. Carry On is actually a cover of a 1984 Warriors track, a group who hail from former Yugoslavia. Musically, it is a fantastic track, with some top-quality fret-work that really hits the spot.However, it’s the vocals which knock you off-balance as Roko is joined by Claymorean vocalist Dejana Betsa Garčević, and it just works really well. The contrast between the two vocalists accentuates what is an epic lyrical journey. Despite this being a cover, Power Surge have really taken ownership of this song.Last Man Standing has big shoes to fill in following on from Carry On but, it manages to hold its own with aplomb. The bassline carries this song beautifully, blending in with the luscious guitar tones and of course, those kick-arse drums. This track takes you to very different places, with the peaks of the ambitious yet thoughtful guitar work, climbing and ascending like a seasoned mountaineer, with every note played perfectly. It then descends into a melodic atmospheric trough, quieter, almost melancholic. Then BANG…. galloping rhythms coming at you like the light brigade charging at you full pelt, with sabres drawn. As for the vocals, this is wide-angled sonics of the highest order. Yet again peaks emanate from Roko’s vocal chords – uplifting and glorious.The final track on the album, Burnout, is a scorcher. Fast and furious does not even begin to describe the opening. Fingers tear up the fretboard like greased lightning with incendiary soloing and bone-crushing chords. It’s that double-kick pedal again, slamming into the bass drum like an over-sensitive trip-hammer. The bass thunders along like a bullet train, purposeful, heavy, unstoppable. Yet again the vocals are compelling and urgent. With a cracking chorus and the primal screams of “burnout” throughout the song, this number has fan favorite stamped all over it.Power Surge have done something which is rather rare in the music industry – they have delivered a faultless debut album. Every track is top-notch, all killer, no filler. Their musicianship exceeds expectations – and make no mistake, these guys are highly accomplished musicians.How on earth they are going to follow this album is a complete mystery. With the bar set this high, the guys are going to have to come up with something even more spectacular to top this.
Line Up:
Roko Nikolić - Vocals (2024-present) - See also: Elusive God, Flesh, ex-Animal Drive, ex-Sufosia (live), ex-Decomposing Entity (live), ex-FOAD, ex-Full Throttle, ex-Horda, ex-Jelusick (live)
Srđan Bilić - Guitars (2024-present) - See also: Cutlass, Primitai, ex-Pirates of Metal
Calvin Lever - Guitars (2024-present) - See also: Primitai, ex-Night Screamer
Radek Koval - Bass (2024-present) - See also: Cutlass, Neuronspoiler, ex-Pirates of Metal, ex-Sklepmaster
Milan "The Yeqy" Jejina - Drums (2024-present) - See also: A|symmetry, Magma, Organized Chaos, Sangre Eterna, Consecration (live), ex-Draconic, Crna Barbika, Jailbreak Band (Guns N' Roses tribute), Maatra, S.A.R.S., Sanja Ilić & Balkanika, Stellar Seer, The Yeqy, David "Maxim" Mićić (live), ex-Amaranth, ex-Chontaraz, ex-King Size, ex-Oblivion Awaits, ex-Rapidforce, ex-Primitai (live), ex-Quasarborn (live), ex-Pirates of Metal (live), ex-Destiny Potato, ex-Fonic, ex-Kryn, ex-The CUBE, ex-The Lack of Motivation
Tracklist:
01. Shadows Warning 04:36
02. A Dream into a Nightmare 04:28
03. Breathe New Life 05:41
04. With the Dawning 05:14
05. No Turning Back 03:31
06. Calm Before the Storm 05:25
07. Carry On (Warriors cover) 04:45
08. Last Man Standing 04:41
09. Burnout 03:46
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/