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Review: Wings of Steel - Live in France
Wings of Steel
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Live in France

Label: Independent
Year released: 2024
Duration: 39:40
Tracks: 8
Genre: Heavy Metal

Rating:
4/5


Review online: January 24, 2025
Reviewed by: Michel Renaud
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It's kind of weird to be reviewing a live album from a band I've never heard before, and even weirder that this follows their 2023 debut album. Apparently this show in France was being recorded without the band's prior knowledge, so might as well go for it, right?

This is fun. Wings of Steel, like a lot of other bands, plays '80s-style heavy metal, with a mix of hard rock (common back then) being their choice of sonic weapon. Lots of powerful, metallic songs here, but also a few more melodic and commercial and even a hint of sleaze, pretty much what you'd expect from a band playing the aforementioned mix. The live recording and the performance are amazingly good for such a new band. It's one of those albums that makes you feel like you're right there in the crowd; the crowd is lively, the frontman knows how to get them going, and the performance itself has this raw sound and delivery that one would expect at a good, energetic live show where the band and crowd are having a good time. Even if you don't know the band, this live album is a good sampler of the band's music, so if you like energetic, singalong-inducing, melodic '80s-style music, chances are you'll have as much fun with this one as I did.

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