| Among the Dead | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 16 September 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2014-2015 | |||
| Studio | Death Island Studio, Nykøbing Mors, Denmark | |||
| Genre | Power metal, progressive metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 39:33 | |||
| Label | Crime | |||
| Iron Fire chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Among the Dead | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Dead Rhetoric | 8/10 [4] |
| Distorted Sound | 6/10 [5] |
| Metal Crypt | 4/5 [6] 3.5/5 [7] |
| Metal Express Radio | 5.5/10 [8] |
| Metal Revolution | 68% [9] |
| Metal Temple | 10/10 [10] |
| Metal Underground | 3/5 [11] |
| New Noise Magazine | 3.5/5 [12] |
Among the Dead is the eighth full-length album by the Danish power metal band Iron Fire, released on 16 September 2016.
On 5 October 2012, Iron Fire announced that the band were writing a new album scheduled for release in 2014, stating that it would be a concept album with a "darker, harder, aggressive and faster" direction. [13] The band began recording the album, tentatively titled Inferno, in January 2014. [14]
On 11 July 2016, the band announced that the album, confirmed to be titled Among the Dead, would be released on 16 September. [15] A preview clip was released for the album, two days after the previous announcement. [16]