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MEGATON SWORD
Might & Power

Dying Victims Productions (2023)
Rating: 8/10

Like some distant relative of metal warriors Manowar, Swiss act Megaton Sword come galloping from the fens to a soundtrack of steely riffs and thunderclaps. This is about as heavy metal as it gets in the modern age; the thick unorthodox and rich vocals of Uzzy Unchained, the glinting menace of Chris The Axe and Seth Angel’s guitar tones, the booming percussion of San Thundersteel, and the trembling bass lines of Simon The Sorcerer.

To an extent, Megaton Sword has been somewhat overlooked, probably due to the constant hype around similar acts such as Eternal Champion, but with their second full-length Might & Power the quintet has stepped into the glow of dragon fire and demands your attention.

From the opening trudge of ‘The Raving Light Of Day’, through to the doomy labours of ‘Iron Plains’ and equally traipsing ‘All Wicked Schemes Unite’, there is a genuine murky oddness to this affair; a unique brand of fantasy metal is branded upon the flesh of the listener akin to hearing one of those European import albums you purchased back in the 80s based on its cheesy cover art.

Megaton Sword may be an acquired taste to some, more so due to Uzzy’s vocal tides, but this is a record that’s never far away from the majestic (‘Babe Eternal’) and the epic (‘Might’) while remaining a scowling beast that loiters in the darkest depths of the forest.

Maybe too underground and off-kilter for its own good, Might & Power is still a forceful, beckoning opus that draws you in by its tentacles and swallows you with its magical aura to a scent of smoked cheese!

Neil Arnold

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