{"id":1224,"date":"2015-07-15T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T14:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2015-09-19T01:57:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T23:57:18","slug":"vesperia-the-iron-tempests-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/vesperia-the-iron-tempests-ep","title":{"rendered":"Vesperia – The Iron Tempests EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I read the words “Epic Metal”, my mind creates a whole movie soundtrack. There is a big orchestra playing… well, epic melodies, and I imagine massive fight scenes involving\u00a0vikings, knights and\u00a0something like that. And all this with a decent amount of metal.<\/p>\n

Now, what if I told you that\u00a0Vesperia’s\u00a0<\/strong>new EP\u00a0The Iron Tempests\u00a0<\/em>delivers all this? The band from\u00a0Toronto\/Canada\u00a0have already released two albums, two demos and released their new EP on 10 July.<\/p>\n

I was suprised when I read that the three songs on this EP were recorded live. But after listening closely I noticed it. Nevertheless, the quality of the recording is amazing and perfectly mastered, it sounds quite as good as recorded in the studio.<\/p>\n

There are two new songs, and “Iron Saga” is just perfect in my opinion. The orchestration is great, plus the instruments and Morgan Riders vocals just sound\u00a0brilliant together. The third song is a cover version of “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. Uncountable Metal bands played this song, Apocalyptica and Epica are just two examples. That’s why I think it is really hard to\u00a0put one’s own stamp on it, but\u00a0Vesperia<\/strong> definitely nailed it.<\/p>\n

If I had to put Wacken Metal-Battle winners\u00a0Vesperia<\/strong> to a genre, I would place it somewhere between Viking Metal, Epic\/Symphonic Metal and Blackened Death Metal. You can see, it is not easy to describe their style, but I recommend you to give them a listen and maybe put them into a completely different genre.<\/p>\n

But, really.\u00a0The Iron Tempests<\/em> is an awesome EP, maybe a bit short, but definitely worth a listen.<\/p>\n

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Tracklist<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1. The Western Tempests (4:32)
\n2. Iron Saga (6:13)
\n3. In the Hall of the Mountain King (2:12)<\/p>\n

Playing time: <\/strong>13:25<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong>\u00a010\u00a0July, 2015<\/p>\n

Label:<\/strong> Independent<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0vesperiametal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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