Cryonic Temple - Chapter 1 (2002)

Cryonic Temple are another Swedish power metal band, who've only released four albums in a decade, as of writing, but this debut is top stuff.  We have another one of those stand-for-metal anthems opening,  the excellent "Heavy Metal Never Dies", which is followed by various stories of armies battling, as well as what seems to be a lament on the evils of the world, with what is probably the best song here, "Rivers Of Pain", while the concluding "Over And Over" is also good.
It's consistently speedy, with no ballads, and it's not too long.  Maybe what Cryonic Temple are doing here is nothing particularly new, but it is quite a bit of fun.

***1/2