With two fine albums of campy, occasionally bordering on comical conceptual pursuits of the medieval variety, the winds of change recently came sweeping into this outfit and brought about an auspicious changing of the guard that led some to speculate of an uncertain future in their midst. Foregoing the occasionally dark and dissonant interludes and flirtations with progressive metal that Rhapsody Of Fire would cut their fanfare with, let alone the borderline extreme brand of dark symphonic storytelling reserved to the likes of Australia’s Bane Of Winterstorm, this is an outfit that essentially marries the ultra-light brand of post- Helloween speed and melodic luster staked out by Fairyland a decade prior and exaggerates it to the point of rivaling the overt cheer and merriment of Freedom Call. If there was a single band that could pointed out as taking the fantasy-based side of power metal to its logical conclusion, all fingers would point to that beloved band of High Fantasy LARPers with tales of dragon’s fire and wizardly deeds known as Twilight Force.
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