HELSTAR — A Distant Thunder (review)

HELSTAR — A Distant Thunder album cover Album · 1988 · US Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
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Another album, another lineup for Helstar, who on A Distant Thunder deliver an excellent US power metal release. At points they sound uncannily like Iron Maiden, but when you sound this good doing it that is no bad thing. The closing "He's a Woman, She's a Man" - a Scorpions cover - is to my ears a little average, especially after the excellent Winds of War which could easily have been the album closer, but aside from that it's a very listenable album which will appeal to anyone who likes speed or power metal or the proggier bits of Iron Maiden's discography.
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Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Great album, I personally really enjoy the cover song on here.

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