Virginia's Forgotten Realm is a neo-classical shredding power metal band in the tradition of Dio and Rainbow and Yngwie Malmsteen, with guitar whiz Matthew Mills and leather-lunged vocalist David Fefolt and ex-Manowar drummer Rhino. (80s rock aficionados may remember Fefolt as vocalist in Shrapnel shredheads Masi and also in Hawk, a Lizzy Borden-ish dyed-and-sprayed Sunset Strip band that at various times featured future Bulletboy Lonnie Vincent, Cult / Guns 'n' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Racer X / Judas Priest drummer Scott Travis, and guitarist Doug Marks of the Metal Method guitar ads in the back of musicians' magazines.) Put these guys alongside Dragonforce in the new wave of arpeggio-laden fist-pumping power metal for sure, although I’d take Forgotten Realm over that cringe-inducing hyperkinetic band any day of the week. But like Dragonforce’s records, Power And Glory is a journey back to the time when metal was synonymous with songs about sorcery, multi-octave vocal melodies and sixty-fourth-note Paganini-inspired guitar workouts.
FORGOTTEN REALM - Power And Glory June 2008
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