Iron Flames' Trilogy Closes With Nuclear Strength (EP Stream)

Before the phrase "death metal" really started catching on, we used different, more expressive terms to explain the burgeoning extreme metal scenes around the globe. "Nuclear Metal." "Ultra Metal." The already extreme idea of death was simply not enough, and the defining language used reflected that. Using this logic, Italian metal duo Iron Flames are not "death metal," but something more superlative, like the "nuclear" and "ultra" metal that came before them. Inspired by the very same bands described in such a way throughout the '80s (think Sarcófago, early Reencarnación, and Mefisto more than Mantas, Death, and Possessed), Iron Flames' primitive, lizard-brained metal finds a perfect, moshable center to which the listener could physically react accordingly, and their new EP Immortal Hero of Eternal Time is music made to be headbanged to, even if you're alone. Closing out a trio of tapes–all released by Stygian Black Hand–with their strongest and most explosive material to date, the "Iron Flames Trilogy" cements itself as some of recent metal's most ridiculous and energetic music. Iron Flames' absolutely nuclear ultra metal can be heard in full below. Don't be a poser–grab a tape, too.

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Immortal Hero of Eternal Time is out today via Stygian Black Hand.