e24 - A Brief History of Italian Power Metal

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News
Wind Rose tease new album, single out June 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op7hOSU8Rj8&ab_channel=NapalmRecords
NorthTale officially accounce debut album “Welcome to Paradise” out August 2 - https://www.facebook.com/nuclearblasteurope/photos/a.413273683693/10157529095688694/
Twilight Force announce new album “Dawn of the Dragonstar” out August 16 - https://www.facebook.com/twilightforce/photos/a.612191995505786/2371034929621475/
Elvenking announce new album “Reader of the Runes - Divination” out August 30, first part in a trilogy of concept albums - https://www.facebook.com/elvenking.official/photos/a.430042293903/10157137529743904/

Skylark
http://www.skylarkrock.com/
https://www.facebook.com/skylarkrock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udtyUfZDsi8

Italian Power Metal Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo68mflI3O0OYocAJgEBC_BLBsjXYOsAP

Music we talked about
80s
Crying Steel - Thundergods - demo, 1982
Gun Fire - Hard Steel - Gunfire EP, 1984
Domine - Lords of War - demo, 1986

Italian heavy metal zines: https://sendbackmystamps.org/2017/12/16/baphomet-zine-compilation-1987-1995-vol-1-and-2-italy/

90s
1995 - White Skull - I Won't Burn Alone
1995 - Skylark - The Horizon & The Storm
1996 - Labyrinth - No Limits
1997 - Rhapsody - Legendary Tales
1997 - Domine - Champion Eternal
1997 - Skylark - Dragon’s Secret
1998 - Labyrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
1998 - Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
1998 - Drakkar - Quest for Glory
1998 - Heimdall - Lord of the sky
1998 - Athena - A New Religion?

2000s
Luca Turilli - King of Nordic Twilight (1999, close enough)
Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come (2001); Heart & Anger (2004)
Correction: we may have said this is from 1998, it was actually originally released in 2001. Oops. Also, the track Tiranti is on in Heart & Anger is called “First Snake.”
Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness (2004)
Amazing Maze - Amazing Maze (2007)

Modern stuff
Hypersonic - Existentia (2016)
Ancient Bards - Origine (2019)
Frozen Crown - Crowned in Frost (2019)

Album Review
Gloryhammer - Legends From Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
https://gloryhammer.com/
https://www.facebook.com/gloryhammer/
https://napalmrecords.com/english/gloryhammer/

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