These no-joke power-metal revivalists sound like Iron Maiden on steroids on their third album. A near-complete lineup overhaul (only the dueling growling/wailing vocalists remain from the last release) has led to slightly less memorable songs, but no one else is singing/screaming about swords and sorcery with such intensity and disturbing authority (along with kick-ass guitar solos).
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Opening for Lamb of God, with Hatebreed, Behemoth. July 23, 5:45 p.m., $22. House of Blues, 632-7600.
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3 Inches of Blood
Fire Up the Blades
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