Band:	Ravage
Album:	Curse Of Heaven
Style:	Heavy metal
Release date:	July 2003

01. Curse Of Heaven
02. Terror's Head
03. The Wasteland
04. Reign Fall
05. The Wicked Way
06. The King Forgotten

I was talking recently with a friend about the most influential bands in each Metal sub-genre, the names that came up were Metallica in Trash Metal, Mayhem in Black Metal, Helloween in Power Metal, Death in Death Metal, and of course, Iron Maiden in Classic Heavy Metal.

Ravage know this, and that's why they did a little tribute to Iron Maiden in this 6 track Mini Cd, and by a little tribute, I mean, they're not playing covers, but doing own song with all the style of the Maidens, copycats? Maybe, but they're good at it!

I must say, If Iron Maiden wouldn't be so present in almost each Metalhead collection, this band would rock! That doesn't take away the fact that they're really good doing their stuff, the songs are well-crafted and each one has catchy chorus and a lot of hooks.
Listen to the opener, "Curse Of heaven" a fantastic song that embodies perfectly the Maiden spirit , while the vocals are not as good as Mr. Dickinson, they're quite acceptable.

Songs like "Terror's head" and "The Wicked Way" shouts out loud "YES! We're Iron Maiden fans!"
Is nothing wrong with this record, seriously, I'm sorry for mentioning the Maidens more than the band, Ravage, but is pretty obvious that this guys tried to copy the Maidens and while they're pretty skilled at doing that, I don't see much future for a band that tries to copy every pattern of another.

Hope that they mature as musicians and come up with some material that reflects their own musicianship and not the one from their influences. If you want to hear great songs with all the Iron Maiden spirit, please take a look at Ravage, not the most original band, but a skilled one.