Custard, from Germany, with their seventh album "Imperium Rampax". Simply indestructible! The band led by singer Olli Strasser meets the high demands of all classical Metallheads, as well as the Power Metal fraction. The songs are even more sophisticated, the production more powerful, the implementation more lively than in the celebrated previous albums. Thematically, this time it's about the Roman Empire. Battle anthems alternating with deeply emotional moments underline the complexity of the experienced stretches. Songs to sing along in the ranks of the legionnaires adorn the latest work as well as the fragile silence after a lost battle. The dynamics in songwriting leave no eye dry. With this album Custard not only become interesting for the fans of the Teutonic competition, followers of Blind Guardian, Grave Digger, Rage and the like are allowed to strike blindly, it is also offered plenty of material for advocates of the British guild, consisting of Priests and Iron Virgins. Metal as it should be. Country of origin: Germany Location: Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Status: Active Formed in: 1987 Genre: Power Metal Lyrical themes: Fears, Feelings, Light, Life, War, Time Current label: Pure Steel Records Years active: 1987-present Chris Klapper is the only original member still in Custard. Compilation appearances: - "God of Storm" on Metal Gear (Soundphaze International Records, 1995) - "Promised Land" on Warzone VI (Metal Invader, 1998) - "Send Me an Angel (Scorpions cover)" on A Tribute to the Scorpions (Nuclear Blast, 2000)