This one, along with Part 1, regularly appears in Top Power Metal Album lists, but... I don't think it's all that great. I'm not in adoration over the first either, but this one does less for me.
It's not as fast as I'd like, and the thirteen-minute title song, which really should be the major attraction, is a bit on the routine side, and "Dr Stein" is rather silly. But having said that, there are some highlights, like "Eagle Fly Free" and "I Want Out", while the concluding "Save Us" is terrific. Okay, it wasn't on the original LP release, only coming out soon after on CD (I think), but I listened to it and find it really exciting.
After this album, Kai Hansen left to form Gamma Ray, while the remaining band took three years before the infamous "Pink Bubbles Go Ape". If I end up liking that one more than this one, that will really destroy any tiny credibility I might have as a heavy metal fan.
But I probably have none of that anyway. :-P
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