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CRIMSON GLORY's debut album is a combination of IRON MAIDEN like guitar,Geoff Tate like vocals, and even early FATES WARNING like melodies.If you are a fan of eighties metal and haven't heard these guys yet you owe it to yourself to check out their first two albums. "Valhalla" is one of my favourites on this album,the melodic twin guitar attack and the screaming vocals of Midnight all spell pleasure."Dragon Lady" is similar but more uptempo. "Heart Of Steel" has tasteful MAIDEN like guitar melodies and is really a ballad until 1 1/2 minutes in when the tempo speeds up with riffs galore. "Azrael" is another great tune that reminds me of early FATES WARNINg until the tempo picks up to a galloping rhythm.Some nice drum work to end it. "Mayday" opens with a sample of a count down, and as the count hits zero CRIMSON takes off flying.This is the craziest,fastest song on the record.Lots of screaming vocals on this one."Queen Of The Masquerade" opens with some great guitar and also features some theatrical vocals. "Angel Of War" has a catchy melody. "Lost Reflection" might be the best tune on the record.It opens with gentle guitar, synths and slow paced theatrical vocals.After 3 minutes the song explodes breifly.Nice contrast! It ends as it began. This is one of those albums that will either make you cringe a lot or bring a smile to your face as your taken to a familiar place.I guess i did a little of both.3.5 stars.

Crimson Glory was a little band from Florida that ignored the flourishing death metal scene and instead helped to pioneer progressive metal alongside Queensryche and Fates Warning. Their vocalist dubbed himself Midnight. Had he not been so talented, that would be sufficient reason for us to never mention Crimson Glory ever again. However, in a rare turn of events, the band backed up their silly metal attitude with skill. Combining the complex melodies of Fates Warning with the soaring vocals of Queensryche, Crimson Glory were one of those all too often overlooked bands that helped to shape progressive metal. Vocally, Midnight sounds like King Diamond if King Diamond only used the upper half of his range. However, there is more power in Midnight's high notes than the King's airy falsettos. He moves the songs as much as the instruments do, which is impressive considering the speedy gait of these power progressive tunes.

There are a few highlights on this debut album. Valhalla is a power metal anthem from the gods, with screaming guitars and vocals that are sure to make the average maiden fan smile. Dragon Lady is more of the same, but it still pleases. Heart of Steel goes from a soft opening to an epic song that wouldn't sound out of place on an Iron Maiden album. Azrael fuses Fates warning melody with Maiden's galloping structure t make a very interesting track. The real stand out, however, is the closing track Lost Reflection. Midnight's composition is a haunting song that goes from an eerie intro to a full blown epic in just under five minutes. One of CG's top three songs, in my opinion.

Crimson Glory's debut, like Queensryche's The Warning, owes a little too much to Iron Maiden to be considered unique. However, it did stand out against the death metal scene of their native Florida and the hair metal scene that dominated US airwaves. Fans of Fates Warning, Iron Maiden, and Queensryche must pick this up, and while you're at it get CG's best album Transcendence. This is one of the strongest debuts of 80s metal, but it's not quite progressive yet.

Grade: C

Wow what a surprise. I have had Crimson Glory´s sophmore album Transendence for a couple of years and enjoyed it very much. I never would have expected that their debut album would be this good. This was released in 1986, and if you look back at what was on the scene at that time, this is very good and especially the production is pretty refined.

The music is in the vein of early Fates Warning and Queensryche allthough I feel Crimson Glory is a little more powerful than those two. This means that it is traditional heavy metal with prog leanings you´ll get when listening to Crimson Glory. Their style wasn´t fully developed until Transendence but this album is very much on the way.

Midnight´s voice is really a treat to listen to. The man has some special pipes on him. The rest of the band are also very impressive. The rythm section is great and the guitar solo´s exciting.

I guess this was a classic in the early days of Prog metal, but even though it is very good for the time, it does sound very dated. The quality is good, but I am having a hard time seeing modern prog metal fans being impressed here. 3 stars for a very good metal album is fair here.

Crimson Glory - 'Crimson Glory' 2.5 stars

The cousin of Queensryche and Fates Warning.

Those two bands come heavily into mind when listening to this band. I wouldn't call this a brother because this band was left in the dust when Queensryche and Fates Warning put out albums to be remembered, but I am sure very few found this band to be better and their impact on the progressive metal scene should be pretty close to what the above did also.

This is a very dated record. The compositions aren't exactly intricate and explorative and the vocals scream hair metal. The guitars can still hold up to be pretty interesting, even by today's standards with all the giants now like Dream Theater and Symphony X.

I can't really bring myself to listen to this ever again regardless of any circumstances. It is just too dated of a record to bring any listening joy. I would only give this 2 stars for collectors of the genre of progressive metal. Things just got far better than this twenty years later.