{"id":95883,"date":"2022-10-14T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95883"},"modified":"2022-10-14T00:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T23:32:01","slug":"album-review-konquest-time-and-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-konquest-time-and-tyranny\/","title":{"rendered":"KONQUEST – Time And Tyranny (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

KONQUEST
Time And Tyranny<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNo Remorse (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wrapped up in a mid-80s Swedish design, Italy\u2019s Konquest unleashes its second album with a riff on opening instrumental \u2018Relativity\u2019 not too far removed initially from Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s \u2018Crazy Train\u2019 before the Tuscany combo drifts with a New Wave Of British Heavy Metal-styled ramble. It\u2019s all familiar yet heart-warming stuff as Konquest rumbles with a fluidity and ease through gloomy waters.<\/p>\n

As expected, Konquest\u2019s new album hints towards the likes of Angel Witch and Iron Maiden but there\u2019s always that mid-80s strike of doominess as the title track combines a subtle, melodious streaks pattered with heavy raindrops before Alex Rossi\u2019s vocal commands boom out from the grey clouds like lightning bolts.<\/p>\n

The guitar tone of this opus feels somehow cosy in its Euro-goth hardiness as the kick of \u2018Something In The Dark\u2019 beckons like a lantern-wielding hermit inviting you, dear weary traveller, to his cave of delights. Okay, so if Konquest had emerged back in the 80s they may have got swallowed up by the horde of similar bands, but this style of retro throwback metal is very much a thing nowadays.<\/p>\n

\u2018A Place I Call Home\u2019 has an earthy, timeless ache to its greyness; the stark axe work casting a pallid veil over the horizon as all 80s Euro metal used to do. Meanwhile, \u2018The Traveller\u2019 gallops across the moors like a wild stallion combating the swirling mists. Again the axe leads with a fizz, but whereas, say, Canada\u2019s Riot City really explodes in your face, Konquest has a different style, one that\u2019s steady and at times quintessentially British in its stormy lope.<\/p>\n

My favourite tack is \u2018Warrior From A Future World\u2019, but there\u2019s not a bad song on offer as Time And Tyranny<\/em> produces its own drizzly haze with which one can only turn their collar up to and drive tirelessly into its murk.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KONQUESTTime And Tyranny No Remorse (2022)Rating: 8\/10 Wrapped up in a mid-80s Swedish design, Italy\u2019s Konquest unleashes its second album with a riff on opening instrumental \u2018Relativity\u2019 not too far removed initially from Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s \u2018Crazy Train\u2019 before the Tuscany combo drifts with a New Wave Of British Heavy Metal-styled ramble. It\u2019s all familiar yet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-konquest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95889,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95883\/revisions\/95889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}