After a 5 years wait, Armory have released their highly anticipated album Empyrean Realms. After listening to the trailer, I was excited for this and now, even only a a few tracks in, I can say this will probably end up on my year end list.
This American band follows in the steps of bands like Edguy, Rhapsody and Sonata Arctica. Empyrean Realms seems to have a few more proggy passages in it compared to their debut... Anyways, it's definitely dramatic and energy filled power metal.
Here's Dreamstate and you can listen to the whole thing on their bandcamp. Please do!
A few days ago, US (but European sounding) power metal act Armory released the release date for their second album Empyrean Realms. Today they released a teaser video for the album and boy does it sound great! Really like how some of the solos and instrumental sections are turning out.
Armory is a power metal band from Massachusetts but I don't necessarily want to label them as USPM... Sure they're American but their sound is much closer to European counterparts such as Sonata Arctica and Edguy.
After releasing a great debut in 2007, The Dawn of Enlightenment, the band has been hard at work and have finally announced a date, on RateYourMusic.com (I know it's a weird source but people actually use that website including myself), for their highly anticipated second album, Empyrean Realms. That date is November 12 everyone so remember to mark it down. Only if you want to hear some great power metal though...
And now enjoy the great cover for Empyrean Realms which seems to be a pirate ship sailing through space, beyond the planets towards a vortex of purple glory... (?)
If this band is foreign to you, then please check out their first album The Dawn of Enlightenment. Here's the epic Faith and Steel from it.
