If you can imagine a crossover between Mercyful Fate, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Sodom but with its own zest for life and flair for the majestic, Kaine delivers NWOBHM-drenched speed metal at mid-pace with old school riff composition.

The dominant influence being Iron Maiden and other NWOBHM bands, this act strive for moments of great contrast and emotional tension, which they approach through fluent riffology combined with an underlying melodic conflict which resolves itself in either the final segment or middle of each song.

While these songs are energetic and earworm-heavy, they are not poppy, which makes Kaine stand out from the flood of power metal that feels like it confused Destiny’s End with Destiny’s Child, and the feeling of the album is not nostalgia so much as speaking the eternal language of metal.

Tags: Heavy Metal, kaine, NWOBHM, Speed Metal