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(66:56; Bornkamp Records) Track list: 1. Free as the Wind 5:55 2. Holy War 5:33 3. Angel of Mercy 6:24 4. Lost in Hollywood 4:56 5. Guardian 7:48 6. Don´t Talk to Strangers 5:18 7. Book of the Dead 3:48 8. Samarithan 6:12 9. Veteran of the Psychic Wars 6:02 10. The Fire I Long For 5:12 11. Sleeping in the Fire 4:52 12. Die Young 4:56 Line-up: Hanno Kerstan - drums Frank Badenhop - guitars Mirko Gätje - bass Becky Garber - vocals Dethy Borchardt - guitars Torsten Sauerbrey - guitars with: Jimmy Waldo - keyboards Ally Storch - violin Steve Welsh - vocals Raphael Mendes - vocals Liv Jagrell - vocals Paul Eyssette - vocals Mike Livas - vocals Doro Pesch - vocals Ira Green - vocals Arthur Pessoa - vocals Laura Guldemond - vocals Lluvia Dominguez - vocals Tim Owens - vocals Charlie Parra - guitars Iago Pedroso - guitars Giulla Marta Vallar - guitars Andrew Roz - guitars Yiannis Papadopoulos - guitars Brian Maillard - guitars Eric Wirsing - guitars Eric Maldonado - guitars Alex Rost - guitars

(70:59; Atlantean Records) Track list: 1. The Legacy of Atlantis 6:19 2. Anthem of Valour 4:57 3. The Monastery 4:16 4. Legends of the Free 4:11 5. The Way Is the Aim 4:00 6. The Awakening 5:25 7. And I Shall Find My Home 5:01 8. Aryavarta 7:21 9. Life Eternal 4:54 10. Turn the Sun Off! 14:15 11. Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend 3:36 12. To Mega Therion 6:44 Line-up: Not stated UK based band Imperial Age have quite an extensive back catalogue, even if they only have four studio albums to their name as of 2023. In between their studio albums they have also released a number of live albums, as well as quite a few non-album singles. In addition to those productions, they have also been marketing this compilation album, "Songs of Power", which was released on their label Atlantean Records in 2022. For my sake I saw this compilation marketed on Facebook, with a free album if you pay the shipping option, which the band used in a smart manner in which to instigate the curious to

(46:47; Atlantean Records) Track list: 1. Windborn 3:45 2. Legend of the Free 4:13 3. The Way Is the Aim 4:03 4. To the Edge of the Known 3:58 5. The Wheel 3:40 6. Shackles of Gold 4:05 7. Distant Shores 4:51 8. Call of the Towers 18:12 Line-up: Alexander Osipov - vocals Jane Odintsova - vocals Anna Moiseeva - vocals Pavel Maryashin - guitars Smitry Belf - bass Max Talion - drums with: Ignaty Timofeev - french horn Anastasia Yalovetskaya - violin Dallathar - cello Diana Akhmetova - trumpet Oleg Ivanov - trombone Yulia Simonova - vocals Marina Suslova - vocals Anna Belova - vocals Nino Nizharadze - vocals Maria Grednikova - vocals Valeria Mylnikova - vocals Maksim Larin - vocals Ivan Lyibmov - vocals Sergey Terentyev - vocals Ilya Salman - vocals Petr Safrshkin - vocals UK based band Imperial Age has been a productive entity for a decade and a bit by now, operating out of Russia for many years and then relocating, eventually ending up with the UK as their chosen base of operations fairl

(48:29; Imperial Age) Track list: 1. The Awakening 5:25 2. The Legacy of Atlantis 6:19 3. The Monastery 4:16 4. Life Eternal 4:54 5. Domini Canes (March of the Holy Inquisition) 4:45 6. Love Eternal 6:15 7. The Escape 5:24 8. Islands in Time 6:10 9. And I Shall Find My Home 5:01 Line-up: Alexander Osipov - vocals Jane Odintsova - vocals Anna Moiseeva - vocals Thomas Vikstr¨m - vocals Nalle Paahlsson - bass, guitars Andrey Ishenko - drums Christian Vidal - guitars Paul Vredes - guitars P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory Chamber Choir - vocals with: Sergey Lazar - guitars UK based band Imperial Age started out back in 2012 in Russia, originally as more of a solo project with session musicians but later on developing into more of a proper band, at least for live purposes. They have four full length albums to their name as of 2023. "The Legacy of Atlantis" is the second of those, and was self released back in 2018. It is clear from when the very first notes kicks off, fo

(61:25; Imperial Music Russia) Track list: 1. Turn the Sun Off! 14:15 2. Wings of Your Heart 4:26 3. Anthem of Valour 4:57 4. Hallow the Morning Sun 3:11 5. Death Guard 4:30 6. In the Center of the Earth 4:22 7. Time of Virginity 3:47 8. Battle Heart 5:36 9. Northern Lights 3:35 10. The Castaways 3:47 11. Keepers of Death 4:19 12. Funeral March 0:54 13. Vosssiyay je, Ogon Pogrebalny! 3:46 Line-up: Aor - vocals, keyboards, arrangements, programming with: Maxim Kazakov - drums Igor Korolyov - guitars Oleg Mishin - guitars, flute Alexandra Sidorova - vocals Anna Erilina - violin Andrey Ischenko - drums Dmitry Belf - bass Alexander Minashkin - bass Vladimir Reshetnikov - bagpipes Leonid Khatskevich - guitars Anastasia Vokina - backing vocals Ekaterina Maslakova - backing vocals Ekaterina Volkova - backing vocals Nikita Semenyuk - backing vocals Vladimir Fomin - backing vocals Artem Melnikov - backing vocals Vladimir Krasnov - backing vocals Denis Osmanov - backing vocals Russian band Imper

(55:36; Blaze Bayley) Track list: 1. Watching the Night Sky 3:36 2. Madness and Sorrow 3:09 3. 1633 6:03 4. God of Speed 5:48 5. City of Bones 6:25 6. Faceless 3:46 7. Time to Dare 5:41 8. Surrounded By Sadness 3:59 9. The Trace of Things That Have No Words 5:47 10. Letting Go of the World 6:23 11. Comfortable in Darkness 4:59 Line-up: Blaze Bayley - vocals Nicolas Bermudez - guitars Jay Walsh - guitars David Bermudez - bass Larry Paterson - drums with: Jase Edwards - guitars UK artist Blaze Bayley has been a part of the metal scene since the 1980's, initially being a member of the band Wolfsbane but probably best known for his tenure in Iron Maiden in the 1990's. From the year 2000 and onward he has pursued a solo career, in addition to joining up with Wolfsbane again from 2007. "Promise and Terror" is the fifth solo album by Bayley, and was self released back in 2010. While I receive more music in a calendar year than most people buy in a lifetime, this is one of th