IRON MASK – Fifth Son Of Winterdoom

Iron Mask is a Power Metal band with Neoclassical elements founded by guitarist Dushan Petrossi from Belgium, and Fifth Son Of Winterdoom is the band’s 5^th studio album, featuring veteran vocalist Mark Boals (most notably from Yngwie Malmsteem). Musically Fifth Son Of Winterdoom is both aggressive and precise (not uncommon for the Neoclassical subgenre), and Boals nails just about every song on the album. The album’s thematic messages were partially influenced by Petrossi’s relationship with his father, who died last year… and occasionally the melancholy nature of those messages bring down the otherwise impressive energy level of the album.