Lord Volture
Will to Power

The Lord is back, not crying wolf this time either. Their never cry wolf speech last time around was likeable, let the wolfs eat the wolf haters and make the world a better place. This time they have the will for power, not something I share. Last time I thought they were rather good but went on too long to really pull it off. This time they are maybe not too long but rather completely uninteresting. A band who thinks that copying other bands is the way to go, to steal small pieces of the greats and puzzle it together into something slightly newish, like a new song by those bands. With a vocalist that could be of Iced Earth and riffing borrowed from Judas Priest they hardly break new ground. Even the cover art reminds me of another band, who can be said to be quite similar to Judas Priest.

Standard power/heavy metal, with a relatively high pitched vocalist and riffing borrowed from the big names of the eighties. Standard heavy metal production, no strangeties there. They offer no surprises, no different avenues travelled and not something that blows your mind from the excessive quality of it either. It is just a standard heavy metal album like the millions of standard heavy metal albums out there. It is like these guys didn’t get any real creativity at birth, perhaps they overslept when identities were handed out or something. Not that I want to be mean to the band or anything, I just think that these days you really need to make an effort to make music that stand out from the rest, especially in a genre as overpopulated as the heavy metal genre.

Not my cup of tea if I say so. I like music with identity and music that is really good, this is neither. This is another one of those album you throw on the junk pile, even though it isn’t too bad it still isn’t even near interesting enough to merit another spin in the record player. Did I mention that this album probably has the genre’s most boring title track ever? Well it does. But then again, it isn’t I who am the intended target audience, it is those of you who hate change, who likes your music to be a repetition of Number of the Beast, British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, and such and such. An album for you to play when you want those precious highlights that you have been listening for your entire life needs a rest from excessive spinning in the record player. It is one of those albums, it sounds just like them, as old and dated, and it does not satisfy the thirst for fresh music.

If it is good depends on your outlook on life, if you are a boring conservative person it is perfect for you. If you are a more interesting person, I doubt it will appeal very much. No, I think Lord Volture should try and find an own voice, an own identity, if they want to appeal and stand out in one of the most overpopulated genres that exist. I am not convinced that copying other artists is a good recipe for success. Then again, I have been wrong before so best of luck to them… even if I don’t care that much for their music.

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