Epic Heavy Molten Lava Hailing from Chicago comes Fer de Lance, whose style tends toward the epic heavy and doom side of things. Their 2022 debut, The Hyperborean, was a good showing of impressive potential that felt like an interesting mix of Atlantean Kodex and Hammerheart-era Bathory. After this pretty cool debut, they are now back three years later with their second album, Fires on the Mountainside. This year has been very strong in terms of modern traditional metal thanks to the likes of Century, Black Sword Thunder Attack, Vultures Vengeance and Tower. I’m curious to see how this band … Continue reading Review: Fer de Lance – Fires on the Mountainside