Astral Doors – ‘Worship Or Die’ (Metalville)
ÜR boss Monk first came across Swedish power metal crüe Astral Doors a little less than two years ago, when he reviewed their seventh studio album, ‘Black Eyed Children’. At that time, it was easy to see where the band’s influences clearly lay, as they plotted a well-trodden path through the legacy laid by the late, great Ronnie James Dio. In fact, at the time, Monk remarked that the godfather of power metal’s vocal chords could have been transplanted into the throat of Astral Doors frontman Nils Patrik Johannsson, such was the eerily similarity which permeated the album. However, here we are with the band’s newest opus, and a very different kettle of fish it is indeed.
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