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Jophelerx, January 26th, 2013  1986 was a pretty monumental year
for the heavy metal scene; with monoliths like Fates Warning's
Awaken the Guardian, Slayer's Reign in Blood, Metallica's Master
of Puppets, Metal Church's The Dark and Manilla Road's The
Deluge being released, newcomers Crimson Glory had some pretty
stiff competition, yet they still managed to make a strong
impact without sounding much like any of their competitors.
Sure, they clearly drew influence from Queensryche's early
material, but their style and composition are unequivocally
their own. Frontman Midnight pretty much blew ever other
operatic singer in metal at the time out of the water in terms
of range, charisma, and sheer emotion, Geoff Tate included. His
fetish for theatrics was also something that wasn't being done
much in metal at the time; "Lost Ref