Dionysus - Fairytales And Reality - review
Dionysus - Fairytales And Reality - review
Tracklist
01. Illusion Of Life02. The Orb
03. Blinded
04. The World
05. Spirit
06. Queen Of Madness
07. The Game
08. True At Heart
09. Tides Will Turn
10. Dreamchaser
11. The End
12. Time Will Tell [demo]
13. Bringer Of Salvation [demo]
A review by
Jeff October 20, 2006
The principal problems of "Fairytales And Reality" is, first, that the album clearly lack of energy and second that it's clearly uninspired. You'll not find horrible songs on the release but damn it's boring in less than three seconds. The melodies, the (slow in general) rhythms are all really conventional and unoriginal and when I had to listen to this album I didn't find anything really catchy. It's just weak and since that we all "heard it all before" I don't really see why you should lose your time with this release.
Though, I must add however that the second part of the CD is definitely better. A song like "True At Heart" or "Tides Will Turn"(if you like this kind of sweet Euro Power of course) is definitely better, heavier and stronger. So, I just don't understand why we have this real separation between the beginning of the album and its end and I have the feeling that some songs are just here? to be there and to have a full length album? But evidently I will not blame the performance of the musicians, especially the one of Olaf Hayer who still has his excellent voice. Too bad that the compositions are so average?
This album just lacks of energy and inspiration and I don't see why you should have to buy this release excepted if you are a die-hard fan of the genre. If you really want to discover this band, please try their second album "Anima Mundi", which, without being outstanding too, was a lot better. Now excuse me, but my bed is calling me, I have to follow my nap?
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 6 |
| Songwriting: | 5 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Jeff | October 20, 2006
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Anima Mundi is great... a bit boring, but really classy. I probably wont check this one out ^^
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PyRaMaZe
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It really depends on the person. I happen to like all three of them, some people even say the first CD is their best, 
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what?  I really enjoyed this album, and I listen to it every freaking day.
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Wow, I consider this to be a contender for album of the year...it's a more mature release from Dionysus, a bit less "powery" in places, but fantastic throughout.
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Posts: 73 Written by [user id=13753] on 21.10.2006 at 08:03 Yeah totally agree with this one...i think their first production, as an album, is better than anima mundi which have great songs the third one has two or three songs that i don't like but it doesn't mean that it is a bad album...worse bands existe with much more recognisement for their works than this one...
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Absolutely right, it's always about the person listening to the songs. I like all the three albums, and realy can't tell which one is better, I just like them all. It's true that some of the song aren't good as others but hey nobody's perfect right 
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