![]() Can we first take a moment to appreciate the VHS (or is it Betamax?) production quality on the promo clip? That’s something. Standout guitar moment: It’s all magnificent. We’d expect nothing less of any band with Arthur Rizk and John Powers on guitar. The Philadelphia-based traditionalists walk that fine line between old-school Manilla Road theatricality, the sort of sound that’s mother’s milk to those with a Cirith Ungol patch on their battle-vest, and the OTT theatricality of the European power metallers. This is burnished steel of the highest order, a band deserving of a wider audience but wholly in tune with underground mores. What is it? What with all these cultural archeologists digging around in the ‘80s metal scene for viral moments, there’s no time like the present for Sumerlands.
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