?Classics? of power metal #9: ANGRA - Temple Of Shadows (2004), upon further review
So here I am once more, in the playground of the broken deadlines.. I kinda like that it worked out that there'd be so long between posts #1 and #2, as though I needed days upon days to absorb the record or something. To be clear, the entire gap since my last blog entry was not, in fact, spent digesting and thinking about Temple Of Shadows . (Lots going on, didn't get to listen to any music of any kind for a whole two weeks at one point.) However, there's a little truth to the idea that this one needed some extra time to percolate. I have in my head the unwritten rule that if something is proggy enough, it's going to take me one or two more listens compared to a less proggy record to understand it at exactly the same level. I instantly identified Temple Of Shadows as a possible grower. Now, what exactly is and is not "progressive metal" is not a line in the sand that I'm particularly interested in drawing. However, of the power ...