Hey you know how I love Alestorm, and I posted about their keytarist doing a side project called Gloryhammer. Well the album came out in Europe on Monday and I’ve had the opportunity to listen to various tracks thanks to those copyright violators with Youtube accounts.

This is the power metal I’ve been looking for since the last Alestorm album, good true power metal. As I mentioned in the last post, it’s a concept album about an evil wizard, Zargothrax, corrupting unicorns, turning them into zombie unicorns, and setting them upon the town of Dundee. Angus McFife is set on a quest to find the Hammer of Glory and defeat the wizard.

They talk about it, in The Unicorn Invasion of Dundee:

High concept albums about wizards and unicorns and princesses is the great kind of metal I can get behind. The vocalist has some moments where he gives off a real Dio vibe, and the guitars are the noodly wailing that is perfect for power metal. And the recurring thematic elements really tie the album together, which is always welcome.

I just want to see a double bill of Gloryhammer and Alestorm. They could call the show/tour Quest Fest. Either that or a Rock Opera based on album. Or both. I’d see them all.