Author: Dragonheart
Genre : Speed metal
Album: "Valley of the Damned"
Dragonheart 1999

Powerful melodic metal.This unsigned british melodic metal band is just another of those cool but not well known bands.With the help of Pendragon´s Keyboard player and two awesome guitars this demo is more than worth the 5 bucks I spend on it(Buy it now in Mp3.com).Herman Li a british-chinese guitar with almost 1.3 mt long hair( just like Jacky Chan old movies) kicks ass with speedy-frenzy solos.The Drummer, Didier, one mean machine-gun drummer,loves to destroy drums with his awesome speed.
The first track "Valley of the damned", just the perfect begining for an album,speed and virtuosity.The next one "Revelations" just like the first one.The third one "Starfire" a heavy metal balad.
"Black Winter Night" head grinding guitars but begining to sound a bit all the same.The Last one "Disciples of Babylon" tries to innovate with an electric solo followed by a acustic one.(sorry pal already heard Yngwie´s Opus n°5).To finish, a cool band with some catchy tunes and drumming master lessons, but just more of the same.I hope this power metal band come soon with something worth their music quality in it´s forthcoming album.
Score 7/10

Review by Jerec