{"id":16681,"date":"2016-12-12T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16681"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:49:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:49:50","slug":"album-review-freedom-call-master-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16681","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Freedom Call – Master of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freedom Call \u2013 Master of Light<\/strong>
\n Release Date:<\/strong> November 11, 2016
\nLabel<\/strong>: SPV Steamhammer<\/p>\n

Let me just cut to the chase here. Why is it that most power metal is so musically great while the lyrics tend to sound like they were written by a 13 year old kid who spends all his breathing hours playing Dungeons and Dragons? Allow me to give you an example:<\/p>\n

Metal is for everyone, stronger than the law.<\/strong><\/em>
\n A band of steel eternally, a union of the strong.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t Manowar already write this song like 30 times? I just don\u2019t get it. Maybe it\u2019s part of the escapism or something but in all honesty, when I hear crap like this, it\u2019s no wonder why people make fun of metal fans. When I think of the late, great Ronnie James Dio, who was basically the reigning king of epic metal anthems, even at his cheesiest there was still a level of sincerity. Listening to Freedom Call, I get no sense of sincerity and I just have to shake my head as they deliver song after song of contrived, played out, insincere metal clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n