Love this album. I believe I initially checked out At Vance because of Mats Levin but then ended up getting Ride The Sky which doesn't feature him. No matter, Rick Altzi does an incredible job with the vocals. Solid power metal, high quality. I hope they have another album in the works with this lineup!

Written by Susan on 17.03.2011 at 21:25

Love this album. I believe I initially checked out At Vance because of Mats Levin but then ended up getting Ride The Sky which doesn't feature him. No matter, Rick Altzi does an incredible job with the vocals. Solid power metal, high quality. I hope they have another album in the works with this lineup!

Found this album mediocre at best to be honest. If you haven't already checked out their previous albums, I'd recommend The Evil In You, much better album I thought, especially with Mats Leven.

This album is very similar to VII, which means far worse in comparison to previous records. Drums sampled by synths again, which is the worst element of the effort. Altzi's singing is a bit controversial - some like it, some (including me) don't but generally the album lacks originality.

Fast paced songs like: "End of Days", "Last in Line", "Salvation Day" and title track is quite nice here. All other stuff fall flat for me.