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Power Metal:

• Druídas: Ecos del norte - Power Metal - May 16th ("A Las Puertas Del Cielo")

• Flotsam and Jetsam: Flotsam and Jetsam - Power/Thrash Metal - May 20th ("Iron Maiden")

• Iron Savior: Titancraft - Speed/Power Metal - May 20th ("Way of the Blade")

• Running Wild: Riding the Storm-Very Best of the Noise Years 1983-1995 (Comp) - Heavy/Power/Speed Metal - May 20th (No preview available)

• Virgin Steele: The House Of Atreus - Act I & Act II (Comp) - Heavy/Power Metal - May 20th (No preview available)

• Whispered: Metsutan - Songs of the Void - Melodic Death/Power Metal with Eastern Folk influences - May 20th ("Strike!")

Related Genres:

• ToxicRose: Total Tranquility - Heavy Metal/Glam Rock - May 16th ("World Of Confusion")

• Sirius Roar: Qualia - Melodic Speed Metal - May 18th (Trailer)

• Evil Masquerade: The Outcast Hall of Fame - Melodic Heavy Metal - May 19th (Promo)

• A Soul Called Perdition: Into the Formless Dawn - Melodic Death Metal - May 20th ("Woe")

• Lonewolf: The Heathen Dawn - Speed/Heavy Metal - May 20th (Promo)

• AmongRuins: No Light - Melodic Death Metal - May 20th ("The Last Day")

• Stairway: Power and Glory - Heavy Metal - May 20th ("Lucy Fuhr")

• Vardis: Red Eye - NWOBHM, Heavy Metal - May 20th ("Paranoia Strikes")

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u/MadTheMad's Mad Corner:

• Interment: Scent of the Buried - Death Metal - April 1st ("Sinister Incantation")

• Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus: Madness Incarnate (EP) - Ambient Black Metal - May 16th ("Virgin Essence")

• Oak Pantheon: In Pieces - Atmospheric Black/Folk/Post-Metal - May 16th (teaser)

• Katatonia: The Fall of Hearts - Depressive Rock/Metal - May 20th ("Old Heart Falls")

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What you may have missed last week...

• Kamelot: Where I Reign-Very Best of the Noise Years 1995-2003 (Comp) - Progressive/Melodic Power Metal - May 13th (No preview available)

• Saratoga: Morir en el bien, vivir en el mal - Power/Heavy Metal - May 13th ("Morir En El Bien, Vivir En El Mal")

• Ousiodes: Angel - Power Metal - May 15th (Trailer)

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###Recommendations of the Week ##/u/Fazermint

There's a lot to choose from, but I only found myself liking the Flotsam and Jetsam song. It's relatively non-agressive for something labeled thrash. The song is called Iron Maiden and I hear some clear Dickinson worship in the vocal style (though the guy sings faster). The instrumentation lends itself a little more towards Judas Priest. Full of influences, but the end result is pretty good.

##/u/MadTheMad

Iron Savior is awesome and the song sounds damn good. They seem focused on not changing anything to their sound so it probably won't be an amazing album, but it should at least be more good Iron Savior.

Whispered is amazing, just crazy good. Yes, it's a band with a gimmick (an unusual one), but they're also exceptionally good at their craft. This song is pretty straightforward, but the album has a lot of variety. They go from Power Metal to Melo Death to Black to Folk and it's interesting to hear how they interweave all of these styles and influences.

Interment sounds like good old school Death Metal and Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus (fuck that name) sounds different from the last album, they were extremely lo-fi Ambient Black and I don't usually like that too much, but something about these guys that made it really work for me. The production this time is so much cleaner to the point that I'm not sure what they're going for in this EP. The song sounds pretty good, it's simple but it works.

##/u/Omegakingauldron

Finally! This was a good week to make up for some lesser ones we’ve had the last little bit.

For those that need more of a good thing, Iron Savior is here to make sure you get exactly what you want; Power and Speed. Although maybe it’s just me, but I felt it took a bit before Piet really hit his vocal stride, but otherwise there’s little to complain about here.

I was worried when I saw Flotsam and Jetsam as their later material has been hit or miss, but this song is hit all the way. Although, calling them Power/Thrash now may seem a bit of a stretch, it felt more like Power/Speed, but that’s just my opinion.

I also have to recommend Whispered as well. Although I’m not the biggest fan of harsh vocals, when you do something different (such as the use of traditional Japanese instrumentation) you tend to forget about things like harsh vocals. They have been releasing a lot of singles as of late, so it’s good to know a full album will be coming sooner than later.

Also; all the compilations!!! Virigin Steele and Running Wild truly interest me but I'm sure they'll be some people who will dig the Kamelot compilation.

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