Stranglehold explodes with a tidal wave wall of guitars and percussion topped off with jon Nicholas screaming vocals, the first song on the album 'Total Eclipse' sets out the bands stall with surging keyboards and running guitars and so it continues throughout Ten tracks of surging classic metal with a 21st century tempo where it gets labeled as power metal. With over an hour of glorious melodic metal. I particulary liked 'Dying by design' and 'Depth charged' due to them leading off with guitar solo's, but each to his own, and as all songs have their moments there is plenty to gush about, the Stranglehol album is one that you will never get tired of owning.