An interesting band adding themselves to the long list of True Metal acts. A list growing rapidily since a few years, and although there's a lot of concurrence, only a few can survive out there. I must say that this album is a surprise, and a damn good one.

The album starts with an orchestral intro that could easily be in a movie, with a cool moody atmosphere. Then the album jumps right away on the band entitled song Guardians Of Time, a nice True Metal hymn, but maybe too cliché for my taste with a too simple chorus vocal melody and medium choirs. Strangely that first song is probably the weakest track on the album. But right away it helps into getting the feeling about the band's inspiration. I'd say that the Hammerfall inspiration is pretty strong musically, with very powerful and square riffs. The weakness of the band is probably their singer, he's not bad per say, but he need to improve his vocals to follow the powerful music overall that the band demonstrate. I might be wrong but I believe he tries to sing like Tobias Sammet, and I wouldn't be surprise if he was one of his source of inspiration. They also remind me Storyteller, which even though also highly inspired from HF too : they also play a heavier True Metal. The band demonstrate a great musical performance and the guitar riffs and solos are really excellent. Also adding an important touch to the overall : the drummer is fast and furious and plays with brio ! The band may not have invented anything, but they deliver an excellent True Metal with original vocal melodies and catchy songs.

Songs like High Octane or Soul Reaper are definite killers, with extremely melodic guitars in front, heavy riffing in the back and a great chorus. After all that has been done in the True Metal leagues I must admit that I'm very happy to find songs like these ! If you like melodic guitar then you'll love the album entitled track Edge Of Tomorrow, with it's furious riffs and excellent guitar melodies and solos. In the end the killer tracks will rumble one after the other until the album ends. My only complain is that the end of the album tends to repeat itself with almost always the same riffs and melodies.

The more I listen to the more I like it. It smells Hammerfall all over but I don't care at all, after all what better inspiration can a True Metal band have ? I believe that some progress on vocals might help the band to stand out of this already crowded scene. If you're into True Metal, you definitely want to check out this very good debut album (I think) from Guardians Of Time, a very talented formation indeed. A very nice surprise.