Yay, our first official post! How exciting!
Anyway, I’d like to share a recent discovery of mine called Shield of Wings, who hail from the Chicago area. The American metal scene is dominated by hardcore/metalcore bands these days, so what a nice change it is to hear some well done, classic, old-school symphonic metal emanating from within our own borders instead of having to import it from across the sea. Vocalist Grace Méridan gracefully (haha, get it?) soars over a bed of the symphonic metal we’ve all come to know and love. Though we see a million of these kinds of bands from Europe, most of those are low quality Nightwish copies. There’s something about Shield of Wings that sets them apart from them and makes their debut EP Solarium an enjoyable listen.
Solarium consists of six tracks, on which you can also hear some folk and death influences, but the core of it is straight-up symphonic metal. Take it or leave it, but this band’s pretty damn good. Hope to hear more from them soon!
Shield of Wings is:
- Grace Méridan – Lead Vocals
- James Gregor – Guitar/Vocals
- Jeff Olsem- Bass
- Pat Eulitz – Drums
Check them out on Facebook and YouTube
Buy Solarium on iTunes or on cdbaby.
Max
July 24th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
[...] Other Dame Nation bands we’ve covered: A Sound of Thunder, Avariel, Deadmanswake, Lindz Riot (Mary and the Black Lamb), Losing Scarlet, Shield of Wings. [...]
July 25th, 2011 at 9:21 am
[...] A Sound of Thunder, Avariel, Deadmanswake, Lindz Riot (Mary and the Black Lamb), Losing Scarlet, Shield of Wings and Solarsphere. Still to come: The Unvoiced. Stay [...]
July 31st, 2011 at 8:18 pm
[...] Shield of Wings, a symphonic metal band from Chicago, Illinois. [...]
January 14th, 2012 at 11:29 am
[...] Shield of Wings (pictured above): “If there’s one band I think has the potential to become one of my future favorites, it’s this one. I hope they have some new stuff for us soon, because Solarium was quite a promising debut EP and made this band my favorite discovery of the year.” [...]