Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

Crimson Glory were an important band in the development of progressive and power metal in the second half of the eighties, though they didn't know it at the time. Their self-titled album is a confident and almost definitive debut release, offering some classic melodic heavy metal familiar to fans of Dio and the American scene, but infusing subtle atmospheric and neoclassical elements with introspective lyrics to help establish metal as a serious genre, an important crusade indeed when battling the ridiculous likes of Poison and Nitro dominating the mainstream metal charts. Singer Midnight has an incredible voice, and this may be the deciding factor for many ...  Read the complete review