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Artist......: Ironflame
Album.......: Tales of Splendor and Sorrow
Year........: 2018
Genre.......: Heavy Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Divebomb Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1009kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 10 tracks
Playtime....: 00:51:49
Size........: 373.2 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-08-14
S.Date......: 2018-09-29
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/xflrd7lnprihb
01. Hands of Fate 4:44
02. Bringer of Fire 4:57
03. The Contract 4:22
04. Crimson Widow 4:29
05. Sword and Shield 4:44
06. Divided We Fall 5:32
07. Orpheus 5:09
08. Eyes of the Beast 4:22
09. Vengeance Rising 6:08
10. Our Great Defender 7:23
Inspired by growing up listening to epic metal legends
such as Iron Maiden, Savatage, Helloween, and Judas
Priest, multi-instrumentalist Andrew D'Cagna formed
IRONFLAME in late-2016 as an outlet for crafting
soaring, melodic heavy/power metal of his own. After the
immensely positive response toward IRONFLAME's Divebomb
Records debut, Lightning Strikes the Crown, motivation
for a follow-up surfaced rather quickly. Utilizing the
tried-and-true formula of "if it's not broken, don't fix
it," the entire process remained largely the same-as
fast and improvisational as before.
Rather than release another full-length album, the
original concept was to compose a lyrically ambiguous
five-song EP nodding to Greco-Roman mythology. The
initial tracks paid homage to Nemesis (Goddess of
Revenge), Prometheus (God of Fire), Ares (God of War),
Theia (Goddess of Shining Light), and Orpheus (God of
Music). Lyrics were penned and the ideas were presented
to contributing lead guitarist Jim Dofka (Psycho Scream,
Leather, Dofka), who loved the theme, but felt that
Andrew should continue writing and flesh out another
full-length after all.
Heeding Jim's advice, D'Cagna returned to the studio and
decided to shift gears for the remaining compositions,
which dwell largely upon the human condition through
shared experiences such as temptation, seduction,
betrayal, rage, and vengeance. Album closer, "Our Great
Defender," is the one exception: an allegorical tribute
to the late, great heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio.
Considering the gamut of emotions contained within this
new volume of music, a title was chosen appropriately:
Tales of Splendor and Sorrow. The resulting 10-song,
52-minute journey should appeal to any fan of
quintessential heavy metal-further cementing IRONFLAME's
status as champions for classic metal of the highest
order along the way!