by Sebastian Kluth
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Avantasia are surely one of the more interesting so called super groups and I have to admire Tobias Sammet for what he has done on this first album. Let's not forget that his main band Edguy wasn't that well known back when this album came out, they were...
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After the promising first album, my expectations were quite high for the follow up. I thought that even if this record wouldn't be able to keep the high level of the brilliant first strike, it would at last go into the same direction and be a truly enjoyable...
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This demo from a rather exotic Viking Metal band from Uruguay reminds of a mixture of Cruachan and Moonspell. The production quality is harsh but gives a rude charm that fits to the topic and this is something I am often missing concerning too polished...
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This first true Russian heavy metal album ever is one of the best debut albums ever made by any band of the entire genre. Even though the Russians copy bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and even Scorpions, they deliver a truly strong record with...
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In my other reviews, I described the awful and ordinary first part of "Elements" as an ordinary ham sandwich, while the upcoming self-titled "Stratovarius" and especially the faceless and weak "Polaris" could partially be called shit sandwiches. In other...
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I always thought that the pointless and fluffy "Polaris" filled with boring ballads and ordinary high speed power metal fillers was the worst offering of this interesting but quite inconsistent band but the "Elements" albums were one of the rare albums...
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This first and not very well known album by Stratovarius has not yet the diversity, uniqueness and catchiness of the second and third effort and sounds especially quite different from what one might now from the actual works of what has become one of...
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There were two reasons why I actually decided to check out this album. Actually, I have grown up with the gothic scene though I feel personally more addicted to the metal scene and wanted to try out some new gothic metal stuff, especially as it comes...
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Three years after the mediocre but very popular "Saengerkrieg" album, In Extremo continues in the vein of the last record and presents with "Zigeunerskat" the first single from the album along side with the short and sweet bonus track "Wahre Freunde"...
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When I first listened to this album after the courageous, diversified and simply brilliant "Dreamspace", I felt highly disappointed about this record. Instead of Tolkki, an ordinary power metal singer with a clear and high pitched voice performed here....
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