Sehr Gut

Review Score: (8/10)
This album is definitely something else. At first, I couldn't bring myself to listen to it because I looked at the CD booklet and saw the story and map to the "Emrald Sword saga". After perusing the lyrics, I thought for sure that I had just blown 12 bucks on a peice of crap. Then, I played the album and was blown away by the power. True, the lyrics are terrible in some songs, but I find myself singing along because of the music's power. I often stop myself on the street, realizing that I just sang something to myself about Algalord's holy revenge. Even though the lyrics to 'When Demons Awake' are the worst lyrics I have ever heard/read in my life and the vocals are growls, the music is very good. Luca Turilli is an extremely talented guitarist and songwriter.
Recommendations- Symphony X's V:The New Mythology, The Odyssey, Twilight on Olympus and The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Manowar's Kings of Metal, Warriors of the World United and The Triumph of Steel
Blind Guardian's Nightfall on Middle-Earth and Tales from the Twilight World
Dio's Holy Diver and Last in Line
Iced Earth's Burnt Offerings
Wagner's Tannhaueser, Ring cycle, Flying Dutchman
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute
Jason Becker's Perspectives and Perpetual Burn
Yngwie Malmsteen's Trilogy and Inspirations
Paganini's 24 caprices and The Witches
Lots more

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