The last Lion's Share album, "Emotional Coma" didn't do a lot for me, so I was more than a little surprised to be utterly blown away by this one. In fact, I may be so bold as to claim it's their best album yet.
It's completely balls to the wall metal that gives you a good kicking, then rolls you over and gives you another kicking, just for the hell of it. The guitars are cranked to the max, the vocals are set to shred, and if I had to point to a new album that satisfies all the criteria of classic heavy metal, this would be it.
For sure, a lot of it is straight out of the Judas Priest Big Book Of Metal, but there is nowt wrong with that. In fact, we could do with a few more bands doing something similar. Vocalist, Patrik Johansson, in particular, is in awesome form as he hits some amazing notes. There's one section of the album - 'Heavy Cross To Bear' and 'The Bottomless Pit' - that is absolutely flawless, and should be required metal listening. Even the slower numbers come with added crunch.
If you liked the Tony Martin era-Sabbath, or mid-eighties Priest, then this is an album you're going to absolutely love.