Album review: Tungsten – Bliss

When you’re in a band with a member of both Manowar and Hammerfall, there’s a certain level of success that can be expected. Even more so when that member is your dad. That’s exactly the case for Nick and Karl Johansson of Swedish industrial power metal outfit Tungsten. Their old man, Anders Johansson, plays the drums for this (mostly) family affair. The quartet have shown absolutely no signs of slowing down since their formation in 2016 and are now on album number three. Latest effort, Bliss, sees the return of all the cheesy hooks, catchy choruses and industrial tinged folksiness, however, this time around they sound much, much heavier.  Opening with In The Center, more traditional metal influences hit with immediate force and hint towards a much more intens...

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