by Sebastian Kluth
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After a very strong first part of the legendary "Keeper of the seven keys" trilogy, this second part even improves in the first one. There are about fifteen minutes more content than on the first disc, the album is more diversified and the quality of...
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This album has become a legend of the entire metal scene and notoriously influenced the later European power metal scene. Even though this record is not Helloween's best and most surprising record, it is a really enjoyable straight forward album with...
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Even though this album has not yet the intensity and consistence of the amazing milestone "The perpetual motion", this first album was already a big hint and showed us what would await us two years later. "The nameless disease" has a very intellectual,...
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It doesn't happen quite often that I agree with the popular opinion about an album on this side but as it is for "Stratovarius", I must agree with most of the critics in here. When I first heard the album, my impression was: What the hell was that? I...
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After two true masterpieces, something went wrong on this album. I have some problems to describe exactly what it is. It's not a musically bad album or something unusual that wouldn't fit to the band as the typical trademarks are still present, but I...
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After a great little EP, the band finally released the third and last part of their Viking trilogy one month later. This album is a rebirth of the style of the band's first opus magnum and is by far better than the previous second part but not as good...
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After the rather weak second part of the trilogy, I was still hoping for a great comeback and authentic and atmospheric third part, but the last album was delayed many times and this EP was finally released shortly before the final part has been published....
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Two years after the brilliant first part of the trilogy, I was really looking forward and expecting very much from this second part. My question was if the band would be able to keep up the high level and create the epic atmosphere of their last opus...
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After the straight Teutonic approach of the epic first part of the trilogy, the band realized that they had already created their personal opus magnum and wanted to try out something different and new without denying their traditional trademarks. What...
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So many so-called Viking Metal bands such as the old legends of Bathory, the very popular Amon Amarth or rather recent bands like Tyr have all sung about the history of the Vikings, some of them have done very innovating and progressive jobs as others...
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