Artist : Sacred Gate
Country : Germany
Release : Tides Of War
Year : 2013
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
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If you wished for a listening sensation of this band’s musical skills, check out the instrumental “The Final March”, I am sure that you will find your niche within this one. Frankly, I wanted more of the kick ass stuff so, thus I enjoyed the grasps of the speedy, a little Thrashy even, “Spartan Killing Machine”, the MAIDENish musically bellyful “Path To Glory”, MANOWARish nature of “Defenders (Valour Is in Our Blood)” and the melodic sharpness of “Gates OF Fire”, which even reminded me a bit of harmonic pattern of catchiness of IRON SAVIOR at its final moments. Nonetheless, with my pleasure of mighty tracks filled with heaviness and cracking vocalic demonstrations, I unearthed my special ground for everything, Epic proportions and classic Metal glory within the merits of the end, “The Battle of Thermopylae”, a highly MAIDEN influenced track, a nearly thirteen minutes of a blissful tunes of war. Being an IRON MAIDEN fan made a but suspicious about how close the written riffs seemed to entangle with early MAIDEN creations, I was proven wrong after a few minutes, SACRED GATE wrote something proud, victorious, partly anthem like, and somewhat diverse. “Tides Of War” has its way with catchy phrases, melodies and tunes, it is its main power source, I am positive that fans of melodic Metal will lunch this one, it sure satisfied my craving for a piece of class. Surely that nothing here aimed at being original, but the arrangements and overall songwriting are pleasing.