Band:	Fairyland
Album:	Osyrhianta
Style:	Symphonic power metal
Release date:	May 22, 2020
Guest review by:	Maglor

01. The Age Of Birth
02. Across The Snow
03. The Hidden Kingdom Of Eloran
04. Eleandra
05. Heralds Of The Green Lands
06. Alone We Stand
07. Hubris Et Orbis
08. Mount Mirenor
09. Of Hope And Despair In Osyrhia
10. The Age Of Light

Fairyland return 11 years after their last release and with big changes in the structure of the band. Probably the biggest name is Francesco Cavalieri (vocalist of Wind Rose), which brought more experience and quality to the band.

Fairyland had the mission to overcome their last album, Score To A New Beginning, a milestone in the genre, but after a so long period between records and an almost total rearrangement of the band, they lost their essence and characteristic way of being and doing things. Osyrhianta starts ambitious, and they do the cleverest thing of following the history and the conception lyrics that they have done in the past, giving the feeling that they didn't leave for such a long time.

The problem starts in the music and production itself; even thought they have 2 or 3 really very good and catchy songs, such as "The Hidden Kingdom Of Eloran" and "Heralds Of The Green Lands", the rest and, even the production of those ones, fell far short of what was expected. While this doesn't means the album is not good, rather just lacking in certain areas, I think they have to face this new phase as a beginning and they have to work to become what they were in the past.

Osyrhianta, overall, is a decent album for this return; now, the band should start to work on new things, whilst improving the mixing and the production in order to have a strong "second" album, and better catch the fans of power metal and return to the status they once had.