Freedom Call - Crystal Empire - review
Freedom Call - Crystal Empire - review
Tracklist
01. King Of The Crystal Empire (Intro)02. Freedom Call
03. Rise up
04. Farewell
05. Pharao
06. Call Of Fame
07. Heart Of The Rainbow
08. The Quest
09. Ocean
10. Palace Of Fantasy
11. The Wanderer
A review by
Dream Taster September 17, 2003
First of all, the lyrics and the cover [very nice cover by the way] demonstrate that Freedom Call plays Power metal: warriors, swords, landscape,... But I have to recognize that their lyrics are catchy and not totally meaningless. In fact, Crystal Empire has its own little legendary story.
Anyway, let's get into the tracklist. After a 30 seconds intro comes 'Freedom Call', in which you can appreciate the good voice of Chris Bay [in my opinion, the closest voice to early Andre Matos] and his nice work on keyboard as well. Epic background vocals on choruses, a successful attempt to reach the standards [e.g. Hammerfall's 'Heading The Call']. Now, the problem with Crystal Empire is that the songs are all worthy listening to, nevertheless they show a lack of creativity that lead you to perplexity ["same song again?"]. Oh well, let's say that apart from the previously named 'Freedom Call', the highlights of the album are 'Rise Up', 'Heart of the Rainbow' and overall 'Quest', which is probably the most original song on the album and closer to famous Gamma Ray's 'Rebellion in Dreamland' than any other song.
In a nutshell Crystal Empire is not very innovative but remains a high established standard for Power Metal fans. The good voice of Chris Bay and a couple of remarkable compositions give the album enough positive aspects to check it out.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 6 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written on 17.09.2003 by
Written on 17.09.2003 by
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There are some moments on this album...unfortunately both good and bad ones...weaker from FC disco
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Posts: 64432 Written by Ellrohir on 25.09.2009 at 13:15 as reviewer says there is good think I say best is album artwork. band needs heavier vocals as Grave Digger, well a bit weaker, it would work
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