Dangerdog Music Reviews :: © 1999 - 2024 Craig S Hartranft :: All Rights Reserved
No part of this this website, including design and music reviews,
may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
the prior written permission of the publisher.
- New Music Reviews
- |
- Archives
- |
- News
- |
- Submissions
- |
- About
- |
- |
New Music Reviews, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, AOR, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Recent Reviews
December 2024
- After Lapse: Pathways
- Illusion Force: Halfana
- Powell-Payne: Voilá
November 2024
- Sunstorm: Restless Fight
- Storace: Crossfire
- Voodoo Circle: Hail To The King
- Lionville: Supernatural
- Starchaser: Into The Great Unkown
- Empires Of Eden: Guardians Of Time
- Lonerider: Down In The Dust
- Seventh Crystal: Entity
- Neal Morse & The Resonance: No Hill For A Climber
- Beardfish: Songs For Beating Hearts
- Impellitteri: War Machine
- Brothers Of Metal: Fimbulvinter
October 2024
- Casandra's Crossing: Garden Of Earthly Delights
- DGM: Endless
- Daytona: Garder la Flamme
- Fate: Reconnect 'N Ignite
- Frost*: Life In The Wires
- Aries Descendant: From The Ashes Of Deceit
- Fans Of The Dark: Video
- Radioactive: Reset
- House Of Lords: Full Tilt Overdrive
- Cleanbreak: We Are The Fire
September 2024
- Sinner's Blood: Dark Horizons
- Serious Black: Rise Of Akhenaton
- Eclipse: Megalomanium II
- SteelCity: Reverence
- Hydra: ReHydrated
- Heartwind: III
- Gabrielle De Val and the Dragonlords: Tiger
- Find Me: Nightbound
- The Nail: The Nail
- Timeless Fairytale: A Story To Tell
- Stryper: When We Were Kings
- Phil Mogg: Moggs Motel
- Pure Reason Revolution: Coming Up To Consciousness
- Jordan Rudess: Permission To Fly
August 2024
- Siege Perilous: Creation's Call EP
- Paralydium: Universe Calls
- Mike Tramp: Songs Of White Lion Vol. II
- Bite The Bullet: Looking For Paradise
- All For Metal: Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)
- Hammerfall: Avenge The Fallen
- Jim Peterik & World Stage: Roots & Shoots Vol. 2
We Are Legend: Rise of the Legend
We Are Legend: Rise of the Legend
Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0
Website
Facebook
Pure Steel Records
by Craig Hartranft
10.30.2013
On the strength of their self-titled EP, good reviews, and several first place finishes at last year's German Rock and Pop Awards, We Are Legend returns to remind you of their legendary status and regale you with more power metal on Rise of the Legend, now signed to the Pure Steel Records label.
We Are Legend: so they say.
First it should be noted that of the nine songs here, three are from the EP including Enemy Within, This Holy Dark, and God Is Dreaming. Enemy Within solid, hard charging, power metal. This Holy Dark displays how WAL adds classical piano to give their metal some depth if not surprises. It also has the brief cool Queen-like choral harmony towards the end. God Is Dreaming has a nice rock groove brought out by the bass and drums, and a very catchy chorus that rises in the latter half of the song.
The remaining six songs are all new creations. Here's a few brief comments on them. Hungry Mirrors starts on a lighter note with a lace of that classical piano, only to developing into galloping power metal. Birth of a Legend is mere a instrumental symphonic introduction to the title cut. Rise of the Legend moderates between steady and speedy tempos, offer some more of those interesting choral harmonies in the first half, and light piano line returns in the second half. Strangely, there is not a single guitar solo. Out!, Only Time Can Tell, and March of the Living only confirm We Are Legend's musical style: a mixture of heavy and power metal with variations of piano lines from modest to substantial in each one. Of the three, Only Out! has a guitar solo. This factor is probably the biggest disappoint about Rise of the Legend, simply because, where they do occur, guitar solos are solid and vibrant. Otherwise, if you liked the last year's EP you'll like Rise of the Legend. But whether We Are Legend deserve legendary heavy metal status is yet to be seen.
We Are Legend - This Holy Dark
Tweet
Note: All Amazon advertising in this review first benefits the artist, then Craig Hartranft also receives a residual. Click, and thanks for your support.
In Short
If you liked the last year's EP, you'll like Rise of the Legend as similar in style. But whether We Are Legend deserve legendary heavy metal status is yet to be seen.
Find A Review
Alphabetical Index
New & Notable
The Powell Payne project, created in 2022 is the collaboration of Mark "Penfold Powell (ex-drummer of Psycho Kiss) and Adam Payne (former vocalist of Airrace). With guitarist Adam Davies and keyboard player ... [ Read More ]