Corners of Sanctuary
Heroes Never Die

Heroes Never Die says Corners of Sactuary in the title song of their seventh album, not really a true statement as heroes also die. The heroes of this band have been around for about a decade with the debut coming in 2012 and they have been releasing stuff pretty quickly, a diligent band one might suggest. They also play live a lot carrying the torch for the classic and traditional school of heavy metal. They are a band looking in the rear-view mirror, and that can be a bit boring at times.

Classic, traditional, or old-school heavy metal, like something dug up from the eighties. It is not a very original album; the songs feel like something we have heard before. I don’t think that déjà vu is a bad choice of expression when it comes to describing the style of this album. The singer is fairly typical of the genre as well, production sounds slightly dated, and I wouldn’t say that it sounds like a really new album more like something updated from the past. The slight lack of variation and fresh ideas is offset by the fact that they keep it short with a playing time around forty minutes.

This is a pretty good album, not heroic in any way more of a needless defence of something that doesn’t need defending. More casual music fan might find this a little bit boring as they might want some novelty and that isn’t really offered by this album. A good argument against this album is that lack of fresh ideas, the good songs, the energy and that kind of thing makes those missing ideas a bit less of an issue. Overall think that fans of the heavy metal genre should have a look at this album, more casual fans might not be as impressed, but I suspect that this band only is looking to preach to its own flock.

Heroes Never Die they say, I think they do and they are then forgotten and the same is probably true about these heroes, their music will be forgotten long before the members themselves are gone. But you do not need to be remembered to be good and in the end this is a pretty good album that certainly presses the right buttons for the fans of the heavy metal sub-genre. So, it isn’t very memorable but might be a little bit enjoyable – check it out if you are a heavy metal fan.

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