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Review:
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Since their fellow Finnish symphonic power metallers
Nightwish last released an album, Amberian Dawn have been
far more productive and have produced three albums in that
time, this being their brand new opus. The comparisons are
inevitable, lovely Heidi has a sweet light pitch perfect
operatic voice, they are on Nightwish’s old label and their
main man is also a keys player called Tuomas. However Amberian
Dawn have their own unmistakable up-tempo galloping style
with neo-classical influences. Production, sound and mix
is top notch, this is an album of consistent quality rather
than peaks and troughs, they have refined and improved every
aspect of their music, the songs motoring along like a finely
tuned Ferrari. They also use a lot less double peddling
than at the beginning, it is now used as an occasional accent
rather than the main driving force. The only pause comes
with the ninth track ‘Virvatulen Laula’ (the only tune in
Finnish) which is an operatic duet, before the epic ‘War
in Heaven’ brings the album to a grand and very dramatic
end. This is their best and most consistent work to date,
and is bound to appeal to all symphonic power metal and
neo-classical fans. Being on Spinefarm you should not have
to travel to the end of Eden to grab a copy, a heavenly
8.75 out of 10.
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