Order of Nine: A Means to Know End

If you are in the mood for some classic, 80's styled power metal, chock full of big, fat, crunchy power chord riffage, pounding rhythms, and histrionic vocals, look no further than A Means To Know End, the latest CD from Order of Nine, out now on Nightmare Records. A Means to Know End is a mammoth sounding, ballsy CD, the twin guitar attack of Scott Haggerty & Steve Pollick laying down plenty of earth shattering crunch, tasty melodic harmonies, and super shred solos. Songs like "Gods at War", "Show No Remorse", "In the Know", and the stellar title track simply blister with guitar firepower, which comes at you from all angles. Singer Michael DeGrena has a strong voice, most effective in his husky mid-range as well as the occasional upper register metal wail, but there are a few passages where he tries a sort of operatic style which doesn't work as well for him. The rhythm team of drummer JR Jameson & bassist Tom Donaldson do a fine job here, and thankfully stay away from the double-bass drum/speed thing that so many power metal bands seem to get stuck in, instead, these two power along these Iced Earth/Nevermore styled songs with plenty of heavy backbeats and rumbling rhythms, meshing with the bombastic guitar riffs to help take these songs to huge metal heights.

A Means to Know End is just solid metal no matter what way you look at it, so if you have a hankering for old school power metal, the way it should be played, check this one from Order of Nine out.

Track Listing
1. Single Shot
2. A Means to Know End
3. Devotee
4. In the Know
5. An Offered Hand
6. Ghost of Memories
7. Gods at War
8. Ninth Knight
9. Show No Remorse
10. Last Dance

Added: August 8th 2008
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
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Related Link: Nightmare Records
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Language: english

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