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Artist: Toby Knapp's Evermoving
Album: Power Metal Prophecy
Label: Stormspell Records
Format: Compact Disc Only (No Digital / No Streaming)
Genre: Anti-Cosmic Power Metal
Toby Knapp Pioneering the First Ever "Anti-Cosmic Power Metal" Album
Thirty-three years after his Shrapnel Records debut with "Guitar Distortion", virtuoso Toby Knapp delivers "Power Metal Prophecy" under the banner of Evermoving. Available strictly on physical Compact Disc via Stormspell Records, this release completely avoids modern streaming formats. Written in total isolation in Wyoming during a year of profound personal loss, the album channels Knapp’s deep embrace of anti-cosmic Gnosticism into an urgent, 30-minute rush of raw speed metal.
Musically, the record captures the wild energy of 1987. It fuses the aggressive thrash riffs of "Bonded by Blood"-era Exodus, Annihilator, and Nasty Savage with the dark melodies of classic Loudness and Mercyful Fate. Knapp’s solos offer a masterclass in neoclassical brilliance, tracing a direct line to the fire-spitting work of George Lynch ("Tooth and Nail") and Racer X ("Street Lethal"), balanced by sparse, gritty thrash vocals reminiscent of Randy Rampage, Dave Mustaine, and early Tom Araya.
A Real-World History of Innovation and Esoteric Reality
Knapp is a proven historical pioneer in heavy music. His band Onward played a major role in reigniting American power metal in 2001 with the album "Evermoving" on Century Media Records. In 2016, his project Waxen pioneered the "Shred Black Metal" genre on Moribund Records by fusing raw black metal with neoclassical shredding. His unshakeable underground status across projects like Necrytis, Where Evil Follows, Affliktor, and Godless Rising even led Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem to court him for guitar duties in 2008, though impossible logistics prevented it from coming to fruition.
Knapp's personal studies date back to 1987, as documented in Bob Black’s book "Beneath the Underground". On this record, his dead-serious devotion to anti-cosmic Gnosticism is executed entirely through the frantic energy of the music. The blistering speed, complex scales, and ritualistic guitar work act as a sonic weapon designed to break down reality. It stands as a masterful fusion where extreme speed metal composition directly channels the spiritual pursuit of the void, creating a landmark triumph for those ready to step past theatrical horror.
Track Listing:
1. Power Metal Prophecy
2. Night of the Rager
3. Malefic Machines
4. Retaliation
5. Horned Dominion
6. Battalions of Hades
7. Cowards
8. The Tempest
Ordering Information:
Available exclusively on Compact Disc at the official Stormspell Records Store:
https://stormspell.com
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