The Iron Fortress album was released on German metal label called Hellion Records in 1996 and was issued on CD. The album is filled with heavy metal rock of which metal heads will enjoy for the years to come. You can feel such angst and prowess as you listen to their album. Sadly this is the only album Iron Fortress ever recorded. Which is a shame because they could have released numerous albums by now on Nuclear Blast. In fact, their debut and only album is something you would expect to hear from Nuclear Blast.
The beginning of Reach For The Future starts off with a soft delicate piano solo which lasts for 30 seconds. 32 seconds into the songs is where the tempo picks up. That’s where things start to pick up as that is where the heavy metal begins.
As day comes to end, night falls. We all hide ourselves from the world. We persistently look forward towards the ongoing future as we cling onto the past. The past hides behind metaphorical mirrors. Fear lingers within humanity. It doesn’t help that fear is inside our instincts. We use religion to gather the truth as morality touches the heart and soul. Religion requires that there be morality.
Whispers In The Wind is the calm song for this album. The song kicks off with a soothing flute solo. Honestly this song should have been placed at the very end of this album on the tracklist. It would have been more appropriate that way in terms of timing.
The song questions if our Gods still exist. Their whispers have floated through ages. Generations ago it was sacred and filled with the Gods. Their whispers have been with us spiritually. Can you hear the whispers? Carry the hopes of your people. Be strong and proud.
Our warriors graves sit abandoned into this sacred ground. Carved into this sacred ground. Do their spirits still dance in the night? Do our gods still exist? Still have power? Can their visions lead us to the light? Can you hear the whispers in the wind? Calling time and time again. Their guidance has brought us through the ages time and time again.
Eye of the Storm is an adventure themed heavy metal song. Iron Fortress experiments with the adventure genre on this song of theirs.
The timeline of their adventure takes place on a dark stormy night. They are sailing across the ocean in search of bigger prey and to invade foreign lands without warning. Destiny is the wind as they stand alone in the ocean. They are on a voyage as they sail into the eye of the storm.
All Iron Fortress lives for is voyage. It’s just one more voyage across the ocean before they go into battle mode on foreign lands.
There is a time and place to die on the song My Time To Die. This song has a sad mournful vibe to it. A piano solo playing during the chorus and beginning gives this song a mournful vibe of course. My Time To Die is a death themed heavy metal song.
All our creations we've built begin to decay by the end of our days. We leave behind all of those who loved us. This is my place when it's my time to die.
I rate this album, 5/5*****!!
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