Sacred Steel's second album is so awash in metal and steel and death and war and destruction, that it almost seems like the ultimate Manowar tribute record. Put it all together with Gerrit Mutz's yelping, half-singing, and it's a bit of a giggle at times. They also get really evil with the Satanic "Tonight The Witches Ride", but even this doesn't provide any particular shudder.
And yet there's something about the whole thing that makes it fun, to a degree, and something of an improvement over their debut. The six-minute (by far the longest track) "Dethrone The Tyrant King" is an impressive attempt for a slower, more majestic piece, but with titles like "Army Of Metalheads", "By Steel We Rule", "Crusaders Of The Metal Blade" and "Empire Of Steel", I mean really...
In the end, they seem so caught up in fighting for their gods and leaving bodies lying everywhere, that it becomes one lump.
But it's an entertaining lump.
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