Power Metal band from DeLand, Florida has been on fire since last fall and their successful tour with Unleash the Archers and Aether Realm, and this year’s Power Metal tour with Beast in Black and Striker. I knew once I witnessed Seven Kingdoms live in person, I was witnessing the greatest Power Metal band in America. We don’t get bands like this here. But to be frank, their quality and consistency are unmatched anywhere. With tracks like After the Fall, Empty Eyes, Monster, and epic ballad Valonqar this band knows how to deliver impactful songs. Every member is vastly talented and the chemistry is that of a band that’s been playing for two decades. I have never been more impressed with an opener (well, not since System Divide).

Now, the wait for the crowdfunded album “Zenith” has begun. With the debut original track, Universal Terrestrial, we got absolute speed, dynamic vocals, and amazing melodic solos. The track is simply addictive with unique qualities that I am not hearing anywhere else. The unique tonal quality of Sabrina Valentine Cruz’s voice is divine and surprising: I’ve never heard anything like it, and I can’t seem to get enough of it. I foresee a lot more Reaction videos coming their way soon. The first release from Zenith was insanely surprising: A Power Metal rendition of Joan Jett’s classic “I Hate Myself For Loving You” that screamed. It is one of the best covers I have ever heard, with musical and vocal perfection. It’s a huge upgrade to the original, which in my opinion long outlived its usefulness. The soaring screams and high notes elicit a jaw-dropping experience and “WOWs”. It’s one of those times when you think “why isn’t this going viral?” “Zenith” may be just what this band needs to skyrocket into a bigger fandom that they unequivocally deserve.

Today, Seven Kingdoms dropped the emotional powerhouse of a track “Diamond Handed”. I am forever impressed by this band, but this song brought it to a new level. I love every aspect of this track. It’s classic Power Metal mixed with modern touches in this beautiful emotionally heavy and inspiring track. I am a sucker for dueling guitar solos and Cam and Kevin delivered perfectly fast, technical, melodic solos over Keith’s pocket-perfect metronome double bass. It’s very different from any song they’ve done before, to me, but keeps within the typical Speedy-riffing soaring Power Metal that SK always delivers on. Sabrina’s range on this track is unbelievable, in that I believe she uses a lower section we haven’t heard before. And then, she roars into harmonic screams that seem to resonate forever. It’s vastly impressive. There’s nothing quite like this track, and you really have to play it multiple times to get every tidbit of deliciousness.

For fans of Blind Guardian, Beast In Black, Unleash the Archers, Halestorm, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Heart