But then comes Beaneath Cowdenbeath putting a smile on my face. Amulet of Justice and Hail to Crail are of the same vein – well kind of. Not the best rock ballad I ever heard, but a good one nonetheless. Silent Tears of Frozen Princess gets you this story straight. What other thing can you do when the princess is found frozen in ice. There is actually a ballad in Tales from the Kingdom of Fife. And again a chorus that your mind will remember for you, make no mistake. Complete with Christopher Bowes’ keyboard prowess and one of the rare guitar solos to boot. Including an uncanny, catchy chorus that leaves you chanting anywhere you should not. For those who think that Quest for the Hammer of Glory was not fast enough (and it isn’t.), you shall be redeemed in Magic Dragon. Then Angus McFife steps into the fray, swearing revenge. I believe somebody just hit me with a chunk of cheese, dammit. Kind of going full speed with the army of corrupted and undead unicorns. Once you have gone beyond the intro, Zargothrax will attack, galloping at you in The Unicorn Invasion of Dundee. To the detriment of the keyboards. Thanks to the masters of the knobs, having enthused themselves a bit too much on this side of the Dundee city walls. But more to that later. And again them drums are a tad too present in the overall mix. To be lauded is Ben Turk on drums, albeit delivering a somewhat repetitive performance with a gazillion of never-ending drumblasts. Bass locked in like there is no tomorrow and moving towards oblivion, which is a pity. Now, whilst the songwriting and musical execution of things for sure are with the best up there, the whole production appears a trifle over-compressed. Something that Gloryhammer for sure corrected in the next record. Having said that, his voice seems somewhat underused in Tales from the Kingdom of Fife. And he can do ballads too, by the way, same as pure Power Metal. The power belting out at the audience with not a note astray never ceases to amaze me. But for fuck’s sake, my jaw dropped when I heard him for the first time. Before the mighty Hammer of Glory knocked him flat, this slightly overwhelming 4-octave voice was not known all too well. Winkler aka Angus McFife, Crown Prince of Dundee, Heir to the Kingdom of Fife.Ĭorrect. Actually, he tortures keyboards when not casting spells on unsuspecting fans. The move from Scottish pirate chanting beer songs to Zargothrax, Dark Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty is quite a move for Christopher Bowes ( Alestorm). To the point that they start peeking into your shirt to look for the tattoo that goes with such shenanigans.īut – alas – my magic spells protect me from such mischief. And have you chanting about hammers of glory and dragons coming in from Dundee in front of people, who should never hear such things. I tell ya, Gloryhammer‘s tunes follow you around your day. Īnd as its successor, Tales from the Kingdom of Fife demonstrates this disturbing ability to catch you with these melodies that stick to you like superglue. Long story short, the evil sorcerer ends up in a block of liquid ice. The beautiful princess and the unicorns get released from their bonds and everything ends in sweet happiness. Stuff about an evil sorcerer invading Dundee with the help of corrupted undead unicorns (Loki help me…) and such. Now mind you, in Tales from the Kingdom of Fife the forces of glory are not in space yet, but battling magical powers on the ground in 10th-century Scotland. ![]() But here I am lustily attacking the first record of the mighty Hammer of Glory. And just missed costing me my sanity, too. Remember, these are the same guys, who just kicked it up a few notches in 2015 with Space 1992: The Rise of the Chaos Wizards. But whatever ground they break presents itself with an absolutely stellar enthusiasm and technical prowess that puts other debuting bands to shame. Reminiscent of Hammerfall in many instances, the album for sure does not break any new ground. ![]() The debut of the mighty Gloryhammer called Tales from the Kingdom of Fife happens. ![]() This is what happens when a Scottish pirate and a Swiss cheese artist come together to form a band. The band calls it Heroic Fantasy Power Metal, no less. But it indeed feels like the beginning of the Kingdom of Cheese. And in absolute secret, Finn and Dalla were in love.Ah, yeah. In the village below the King’s castle, lived a young, skillful blacksmith. But, no one was good enough for his Dalla. Noble lords from many kingdoms begged the King for his daughter’s hand. His daughter, princess Dalla was known throughout the land for the rising sun was no match to her beauty, neither all druids match to her cleverness. A long time ago, there was a kingdom ruled by a fair king, Arnor.
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