The Second Coming (Re-Issue)by Attacker

It's hard to find good American power metal, but luckily Attacker knows how to do it. The Second Coming marks the second release of a young band (at the time) who was also going through line up changes (primarily a vocalist) which can always spell disaster. With that said, Attacker pulls it off with a safe release to showcase the new singer and guitarist. Overall, I feel that The Second Coming is a stronger album than Battle at Helms Deep but I honestly like their debut better even with the more amateur vocals of Mitchell, and the less consistent track listing. As an album, this has a great production, is heavy hitting and is right on that fine line between thrash, power, and traditional metal which is often blurry at this point in time. I think it lacks a bit of the originality of Battle at Helms Deep, and though there is nothing wrong with any of the tracks; they are all great and I feel that their debut had way more memorable moments.