Revolution Renaissance - New Era - guest review
Revolution Renaissance - New Era - guest review
Tracklist
01. Heroes02. I Did It My Way
03. We Are Magic
04. Angel
05. Eden Is Burning
06. Glorious And Divine
07. Born Upon The Cross
08. Keep The Flame Alive
09. Last Night On Earth
10. Revolution Renaissance
Guest review by
Shadowcross October 23, 2008
Perhaps the must unfortunate fault is that it actually sounds too much like Stratovarius. Even redeeming tracks like 'Heroes' have the habit of sounding like Visions era Strato'. 'I Did It My Way' continues in a very predictable fashion, much like the rest of this album. 'We Are Magic' could be taken in the same light. 'Angel' is a nice song, but nothing entirely original or special, sounding like a weak '1000 Rainy Nights'. 'Eden Is Burning' has an obvious thematic concept, and has a very similar song structure and feel to the classic 'Infinity'. The same could be said about 'Born Upon The Cross', sounding much like 'Infinity'. By this point of the CD I found myself caring very little. 'Glorious and Divine' has by far the strangest lyrics of the album. A couple of the track's melodies even sound exactly like songs from Elements Part I and II. 'Keep The Flame Alive' is a slow ballad appealing to the Stratovarius Legions. The folky aspect of this song works very well. 'Last Night On Earth' doesn't really flow too well after this, and is followed by the final and unfortunately cringe-worthy track 'Revolution Renaissance'.
New Era sounds like a weak, diluted and recycled version of Stratovarius, without a concept or reasoning. Even the guitar solos sound limited, with no technicality and of course, no Jens Johansson to bounce off on keyboards. It even sounds like Timo simply told the drummer to copy the feel and style of Jörg Michael. This album leaves the feeling that, unfortunately, Stratovarius has been done to death. Now all that is left is the release of the 'surviving' members of Stratovarius to see if this flame can finally rest in peace.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 6 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Shadowcross | October 23, 2008
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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This album is excellent with great voices, beautiful melodies and harmonies and with strong lyrics. Soul, harmony, light. 9/10 for me. (well, the recording is a bit weak)
---- "Now I'm leaving my worries behind Feel the freedom of body and mind I am starting my journey, I'm drifting away with the wind I go"
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Who did this review...totally wrong!!!! i don't think this guy is a Strato fan....if an album is like the Strato ones, then it is not new stuff but if it is with other musical directions then it sucks....This album kicks ass!!! period. 9/10 and you should hear the remakes of some of this songs and some strato ones on their website
---- power metal 'til death!!!!!!!!!
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After the first listen I can surely say it's better then 5.9... Maybe it is not a masterpiece but for a debut, not as bad!
----  -FOLK METAL HUNGARY-
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I like the song Keep The Flame Alive, by the way not bad album for me.
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Please tell me this doesn't even exist.
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Posts: 483 Written by Elio on 31.03.2009 at 15:07 Yes, it does. They just released a new one too that apparently 'isn't as good as this' Don't even know if I want to hear it 
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Posts: 4920 Written by Shadowcross on 01.04.2009 at 00:47 I did. And I think is slightly better.
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Posts: 483 Written by Elio on 01.04.2009 at 16:02 Ah okay i'll check it out sometime
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Posts: 4920 Written by Shadowcross on 02.04.2009 at 10:05 Still that doesn't mean it's good 
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I will be getting this rather soon. I currently have the unreleased version of this album when Timo was still in Strato, and hearing the whole thing in fully worked out condition sounds good.
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Posts: 483 Written by Xeros612 on 02.04.2009 at 16:24 I'd love to hear that, PM me if you can share it somehow
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5.9 is offensive...7 is better..not like this album is the worst of the year!!
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Posts: 483 Written by MeTalRea|istiK on 27.09.2010 at 16:57 The year? This was a couple of years ago now.. I still feel the same way about this album. It is weak and diluted.
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