Evil Survives

I haven't heard any good metal in a while, so these guys are a welcome surprise.

I first saw the poster for their album and it caught my eye in a "cheesy but awesome" way.

A few days later I saw an ad for them in a magazine and noticed the tagline: "Picks up where Powerslave left off"

Well, being the huge Maiden fan I am I was obviously intrigued, if not a little skeptical. Hey, NOBODY is as good as Iron Maiden, right?

Anyway, the fact that the album was only released on vinyl was a selling point for me too, so I decided to look them up.

Frustratingly, the band's Myspace page has no audio samples, probably a bad idea, but oh well.

Anyway, I did find a clip of one of their songs on YouTube and it sounded pretty good so I decided to pick up the LP.

Wow, it's awesome!

At first I thought it was just OK, but the more I listen to it, the better it gets.

It's crazy, it really does sound like the 'lost' Maiden album... if King Diamond was singing.

Anyway, if you like Maiden or metal just do yourself a favor and go buy this thing.

The album comes with a free mp3 download of the whole disc so you really can't lose.

Apparently an EP is also on the way, I'm really looking forward to hearing more from these guys.

Check out their label's website and buy the album here.