LORD FIST - Wilderness of Hearts (Slipcase) (Sealed) (CD)

When Perttu Koivunen and Niko Kolehmainen founded Lord Fist in 2011, they quickly gained momentum within barely half a decade, releasing one demo, EP and album respectively while teaching club audiences in their native country Finland that metal doesn't need any saccharine additives to make you get high on it. Within the framework of NWoBHM-inspired steel, Lord Fist's uplifting, forward-pushing style may lend itself to that of their countrymen Nightstryke, Legionnaire or Angel Sword - yet excels in that the frontman his six-string counterpart Niko display an astounding inventiveness when crafting melodies and structuring songs that, strangely enough, don't swerve one iota from the traditional path.