ASTRONOMIKON — Dark Gorgon Rising (review)

ASTRONOMIKON — Dark Gorgon Rising album cover Album · 2013 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Time Signature
Myths coming alive...

Genre: power metal

Hailing from the island of Cyprus, Astronomikon is a power metal band, and "Dark gorgon Rising" is their debut album. As power metal goes, this is actually pretty good. While there is focus on big choruses and larger than life lyrics (dealing largely with Greek mythology it seems), Astronomikon manage to avoid any trace of cheese, instead opting for epic, but dark, power metal with a slight US metal hint.

Guitar-driven, the album offers multi-layered guitar melodies and powerful riffs, which are accompanied by a thumping bass and soaring vocals. Given the subject matter of the album, it is actually a positive feature that Astronomikon make use of epic choirs and keyboards that help boost the epicness. Everything comes beautifully together in a type of power metal which is more midtempo and features more elements from classic metal than most other Euro power metal does.

This is the kind of power metal that I like: epic, catchy, guitar- and riff-driven and fronted by soaring vocals. The only thing that does not sit that well with me is the use of harsh vocals that pop up every now and then.

Power metal the way power metal should be, Astronomikon's "Dark Gorgon Rising" is massively enjoyable and belongs in any self-respecting power metal fans CD collection.
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