8/11/04

DRAGONLAND / STARFALL

If you like your Metal full of Power with sweeping Melodic keyboards, vocal harmonies and head spinning twin guitar speed riffs, then you will love this new CD by Dragonland.

This is the Swedish bands 3^rd CD and the first for new label Century Media and it carries on the good work laid down by the previous CD, "Holy War". Dragonland take their cure form Stratovarius, Malmsteen, Helloween and the mighty Rhapsody, which leaves you in no doubt what they sound like, dynamic, polished, professional, melodic and very, very listenable, even the cover says, quality and style. You can’t help but get swept away by the sheer grandeur of "When Madness Took Me", the Melodic power of the title track or the epic 3 part "Book Of Shadows" that would not sound out of place on the recent Rhapsody CD.

The melodic Power market is hotly contended at the moment this CD by Dragonland is one of the best around. Best tracks; "When Madness Took Me", "Book Of Shadows", "Starfall" and "The Dreamseeker"

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 54 mins + 11 TRACKS