This is the second album from the Gothenburg Sweden Traditional Heavy Metal Band. Ah yes another band from the legendary second-largest city of all of Sweden! Back in the early to mid-nineties, so many bands came out of this city and shook the foundations of Metal all over the world. This album will be released to the grand public on the 18^th of October and for you old-schoolers out there, it will also be released on good old vinyl!

First of all, I have to admit that I choose my reviews by genre, if something strikes me at first glance (usually Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal amongst others), well I am drawn towards those bands. I saw Heavy Metal as a genre, even though it's pretty freaking vague, I went for it and boy was I blown away by this band.

I didn't know at first hand that this band was from Sweden to be honest. I don't really care where the band comes from and as for gathering information for the review, I do it at the tail end of my first or second listen. At first glance, I though this band was very reminiscent of ENFORCER. The attitude, the style of music and the blending of Hard Rock, Traditional Heavy Metal and a dash of Glam Rock for good measure. Look, it maybe because I just saw them in concert on the 30^th of September (on my 38^th birthday) but I felt the similarities were pretty obvious.

They mix a lot of styles together and really meshes well. You have that double guitar combo that reminds you of the earlier Bruce Dickinson-led IRON MAIDEN albums (especially ''Piece of Mind'', ''Somewhere in Time'' and ''Powerslave''. This album is very guitar driven and a lot of riffs are reminiscent of these awesome albums from the legendary band.

Some songs are a bit interchangeable but that does not change the fact that this album is one of the very best albums I have heard this year. It's an ode to the Traditional Heavy Metal bands I grew up listening to but with an updated attitude adjustment. They seem to be touring more and more in Europe and South America. I wouldn't mind seeing them in Canada, they might not be as good as ENFORCER but they deliver on all fronts.