Knights Of The Cross - Grave Digger

The second album of Grave Digger's historical trilogy moves southwards to the crusades and quests of the Knights Templar, and sadly loses much of the fire that made its predecessor so enjoyable. The orchestral background in select songs belies the album's higher budget, and the production quality does sound less raw than previously, which suits the band's increasingly polished, power metal style. Even with heavy power metal leanings in songs such as the title track and the bombastic 'Inquisition,' this is still primarily gruff heavy metal, but a little slower and consequently duller this time round. The faster songs like 'The Keeper of the Holy Grail' are the ...  Read the complete review