Ivory Knight – “Unconscience”
This group is 100% traditional, oldschool heavy metal. I’m just guessing, but the influences for this band are most likely the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and probably other bands that continued that sound, like early Armored Saint and Savatage. Listening to this I hear virtually no influence from thrash, much less anything else that’s trendy right now. You’d be surprised how different this music is compared to all the metal of today. Of course, things like speed are not very important here. The songs are uptempo, but nothing superfast. The drumming is not some sort of double-bass constant thing, but has more to do with the overall rhythm of the song. The singing is not air raid siren and screaming is not a part of the equation. The voice is midrange, which works well with the music. It’s not mindblowingly good, but it works. Definitely for fans of oldschool heavy metal, for people who also like to check out more obscure bands, like Breaker. Personally, this does sound too heavy metal, too old for me. I like more speed or intensity in the guitars and drums.