Artist: Iron Angel
Release Title: Winds Of War
Release Type: Full Length Album
Release Year: 1986
Artist Genre: Power/Speed Metal
Artist Origin: Germany
My Rating: 78%
Track Listing: 1. Winds Of War 2. Metalstorm 3. Son Of A Bitch 4. Vicious 5. Born To Rock 6. Fight For Your Life 7. Stronger Than Steel 8. Sea Of Flames 9. Creatures Of Destruction 10. Back To The Silence
Total playing time: 39:15
For Iron Angel's follow up album to the excellent "Hellish Crossfire" from 1985, they decided to exchange the vicious thrash riffs for more power metal sensibilities. They take their hats off to Accept on the album with fairly happy, uplifting choruses and melodic leads but maintaining mostly speed metal tracks. It's pretty close to Helloween's "Walls Of Jericho" album from the same year but with a rougher guitar sound closer to Destruction's and a different vocal take. You can hear an mp3 album upload of the album track "Creatures of Destruction" above. That mp3 album upload displays perfectly what is on offer on the album.
Album highlights would definitely be the ultra catchy Accept style tracks "Son Of A Bitch", "Stronger Than Steel" and "Sea Of Flames". It also boasts rip roaring evil speed metal which is more in the style of their first album "Metalstorm", "Vicious" and "Creatures Of Destruction". All of the album tracks are enjoyable in their own way and this is just as stellar and classic as their debut maybe moreso depending on your taste. Iron Angel were the best showcase for 80's german metal ranging from the happy go lucky vibe of Accept to the vicious thrash of Destruction. Check out mp3 album downloads of the album tracks I've mentioned and if it hits the spot go buy it from amazon!
