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MARCH TO DIE
Tears Of The Gorgon

No Remorse (2023)
Rating: 8/10

Featuring members of Friends Of Hell, Solitary Sabred and Mirror, Cyprus / Greece-based March To Die is a band that channels Manowar from the off. Brothers Anastasios Danazoglou (bass) – who also appeared for Electric Wizard and is a renowned tattoo artist – and Alex Danazoglou (vocals and guitar) are joined by Nikolas Sprits Moutafis (guitar) and Hugo Enrique Olivos (drums), and the cacophony they concoct is a very interesting and masculine mix of Viking metal and black metal circa Varathron, and more atmospheric traditional metal such as Cirith Ungol and latter day Bathory, as well as some thrashing chugs.

This is the sort of chest-pounding metal made for battlefields as the clan stride bombastically on tides of epicness and barbaric bellowing. The song titles pretty much explain what’s going on here; ‘Hail To Thee’, ‘Stand And Be Counted’, ‘Son Of The Old Gods’ and the ridiculous ‘Helmetsmasher’. Flashes of Eastern exotica, a whiff of doom, and fumes of Eternal Champion alongside Grand Magus are thrown into the cauldron and result in some truly powerful metal anthems bolstered by big melodies and yet a rather stuffy production.

‘One Eyed King’ nods to Motörhead, the title track is a steely combination of Iron Maiden and Exciter, and the aforementioned ‘Helmetsmasher’ just pummels with its juggernaut riffage. Throughout this steam rolling opus the Manowar comparison is omnipresent, particularly with some of the hefty bass lines, but unlike Manowar this is deadly serious. The cheese of Manowar is replaced by fiery lumps of molten steel that act as colossal cogs to drive tracks like ‘Decapitation’ and the gargantuan ‘March To Die’.

There is certainly nothing unique about this raging sea of an outing, but it’s one that packs a mighty punch.

Neil Arnold

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