I always cringe when I see “a project built by Frontiers president Seragino Perugino,” as a credit in the bio of a band. I mean, the guy’s ego must by freakin’ huge, and they are certainly milking the talents of Erik Martensson. How many bands and projects is he involved in?
This, however, is one of those projects that is actually worth checking out because it’s really rather good. Nordic Union is a coming together of the aforementioned Mr. Martensson and Pretty Maids’ vocalist Ronnie Atkins. This is the latest offering in what has been three albums so far by the duo.
Melodic power metal is on the menu here folks, and there are only a couple of tunes that have that Eclipse vibe, the rest power along with double kicks pounding. So many great tunes here including Every Waking Hour, On This Day I Fight, If I Could Fly, This Means War, and Animalistic. They’re all killer tunes with melody high on the agenda to back those crunching riffs and pounding grooves.
The only thing that bugs me is the fact that Frontiers crammed the 11 tracks onto a single disc, the sound quality is not the best. Anyhoo, a very enjoyable record.
8.5/10 from The Grooveman.
