STORMHAMMER – Never Surrender : 30 Years Of Power (2022)
The upcoming “Never Surrender : 30 Years Of Power“, is some kind of a ‘best of’ from German metallers STORMHAMMER, but essentially a ‘re-launch’ for the band and a way to introduce them to many metalheads. STORMHAMMER already recorded seven albums since formed, the last from 2019, but soon after released Covid 19 hit the world and the band could only play one show supporting Doro.
After some line-up changes they have some new material already and are looking forward. “Never Surrender : 30 Years Of Power” takes some of best from past albums and gets a fresh remaster, and includes a brand new track featuring Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear) on guest vocals.
This is classic melodic metal with that traditional, unmistakable German sound, polished in arrangements & production with clean lead vocals / multi-part harmonies and elaborated instrumentation.
The band was founded in Munich, Germany, 1993, with several demos and gigs to get experience in the circuit. The 1st album “FIREBALL” was released in 2000 via Century Media, which lead the band tour through Europe with bands like LEFAY, ANGEL DUST and STEEL PROPHET. They were voted “THE NEWCOMER 2000” by “Metal Heart” Magazine readers.
Opener ‘Northman’ – taken from their 6th album, 2017 – come crashing through the speakers at a great rate of knots. Thundering and rumbling like a freight train, ‘Northman’ is a pulsating and adrenalin pumping song that just oozes power. ‘Road To Heaven’, also takan from the same album, is a blisteringly quick speed metal rage with some vintage Accept on it.
‘Light In The Dark’ is a new song, featuring the guest vocals from Scheepers and Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger, rocks with heavy melody and nice arrangements. Fast paced and catchy, ‘Welcome To The End’ has an infectious chorus break.
‘My Dark Side’ is a rampant rage of heavy guitars and galloping rhythms, yet it does switch to melodic hard and back again with ease. Then we have ‘Holy War’, a song from the band’s very first album, a much more tradional metal tune with an ‘easy’ power metal rhythm.
‘Never Surrender : 30 Years Of Power’ showcases the evolution of Stormhammer over the years, melodic , accessible power metal / melodic metal with the German touch. You can hear the band is getting better with each release, and are working on a new album 2023.
01 – Northman
02 – Road To Heaven
03 – Light In The Dark (New track feat Ralf Scheepers)
04 – Dark Side
05 – Holy War
06 – Wise Man
07 – Glory Halls Of Valhalla
08 – Welcome To The End
09 – The Law
M. Nox (Vocals)
Dimitri Znaiko (Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Jonas Halverscheid (Guitar)
Horst Tessmann (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Lukas Lobnig (Drums)
guests:
Ralf Scheepers (Vocals on “Light In The Dark”)
Chris Boltendahl (Vocals on “Light In The Dark”)
Chris Widmann (All Drums, except “Light In The Dark”)
Matthias Dobler (Keyboards on “Glory Halls Of Valhalla”)
Pre order:
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