Skycrest

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Skycrest
Iron Savior Skycrest.jpg
Studio album by
Iron Savior
Released4 December 2020
RecordedMay–October 2020
StudioPowerhouse Studio, Hamburg, Germany
Genre Heavy metal, power metal
Length56:18
Label AFM
Producer Piet Sielck
Iron Savior chronology
Kill or Get Killed
(2019)		Skycrest
(2020)		 Reforged – Ironbound
(2022)
Singles from Skycrest
  1. "Our Time Has Come"
    Released: 19 October 2020 [1]
  2. "Souleater"
    Released: 17 November 2020 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Dead Rhetoric9/10 [3]
Metal Hammer 4.5/7 [4]
Metal.de 7/10 [5]
Powermetal.de8/10 [6]
Rock Hard 8/10 [7]
The Rockpit8/10 [8]
Sonic Perspectives9.3/10 [9]

Skycrest is the twelfth studio album and eleventh original album by German heavy/power metal band Iron Savior, which was released on 4 December 2020. Production was marred by several issues such as bassist Jan-Soren Eckert having been diagnosed with cancer, from which he fully recovered, and the coronavirus pandemic. [10]

Contents

Norway's Scream Magazine gave a 4 out of 6 score to Skycrest. It was almost "inconceiveable" that every album could be good while also being made out of the same blueprint every time. "When they go along with the title track here, I instantly get the feeling that this is one of the best songs they have ever made. Still, it sounds like almost everything they have done previously". The reviewer preferred Iron Savior's "full throttle" power metal to their "mid-tempo stuff". [11]

Track listing

Skycrest track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Guardian"1:17
2."Skycrest"4:29
3."Our Time Has Come"4:48
4."Hellbreaker"5:34
5."Souleater"4:56
6."Welcome to the New World"4:29
7."There Can Be Only One"4:11
8."Silver Bullet"6:24
9."Raise the Flag" (bonus track)4:35
10."End of the Rainbow"5:20
11."Ease Your Pain"5:45
12."Ode to the Brave"4:30
Total length:56:18

Personnel

Iron Savior
Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ "IRON SAVIOR Release New Single 'Our Time Has Come', First Track from Upcoming Album "Skycrest"". Sonic Perspectives. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "IRON SAVIOR Release Second Single 'Souleater' from Upcoming Album "Skycrest"". Sonic Perspectives. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Katarina McGinn (21 December 2020). "Iron Savior – Skycrest (AFM Records)". Dead Rhetoric. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Review of Iron Savior SKYCREST". Metal Hammer . Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Iron Savior – Skycrest". Metal.de . Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "IRON SAVIOR - Skycrest". Powermetal.de. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Skycrest - RockHard". Rock Hard . Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "ALBUM REVIEW: Iron Savior – Skycrest". The Rockpit. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Iron Savior – Skycrest (Album Review)". Sonic Perspectives. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Katarina McGinn (20 December 2020). "Iron Savior – Energy Overhang". Dead Rhetoric. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Øien, Frode (2020). "IRON SAVIOR "Skycrest"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 251. p. 29.
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