Independent review

For seven years there has been no new record from the classic European power metal bands. But of course this is again an album by Kotipelto and Johansson (if one considers the remains of Stratovarius), let us be honest. Survive - sounds like Swedish pop (precisely Swedish). In addition, terrible autotuned Kotipelto; Demand - with such lethargic vocals in this potential typical Stratovarius hit, energy is missing. Matias Kupiainen is fast; one can note him on the positive side for the style; Broken - there are no complaints about the instrumentalists, but the vocals are worse from song to song; Firefly - often current SV sounds like melodic metal, such vocals put one to sleep; they are absolutely artificial and emotionless, even taking into account that these melodies imply these emotions. Such compositions definitely cannot be revealed; We are not alone - vocals like a crystal glass - the main thing is not to drop it, otherwise it will break forever. At the same time, it cannot be said that the material is straight-up bad; Frozen in time - no matter how heavy you make the sound (and it is not heavy here), it will still sound with these vocals like pop music, where the producer's son is on vocals; World on fire - very superficial and does not evoke emotions; Breakaway - even power metal, although ideas again are generally there; Voice of thunder - an average song stretched into an epic for a 'beautiful' finale. Emotionless power metal with terrible vocals, good instrumentalists, and decent material. In their best years, this material could have been realized at 100%, but not now.

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