A rather odd cover which at first suggested to me some type of '70s prog oddity but this in fact a rather striking, stomping heavy rock no thrills metal experience out of Sweden and it's one which grows and grows on the wars. So stuck in that '80s time-warp were Keen Hue that I'm rather surprised they returned with another opus in 1993; but 'Ogre King' is a fairly bog-standard rocker hinting at power metal flecks on tracks such as 'Liar' and the superb 'Prisoner but Guiltless'. There's plenty of macho power in the voice of Patrick Silén but a majority of the tracks do have that early '80s, stripped-back almost New Wave of British Heavy Metal feel but however one tries to throw this in with the rock rather than the metal only has to check out the glorious, chest-pounding entity that is the title track. Indeed, after a few spins you begin to realise that the cover is very apt for this stone-faced rocker.
7/10
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