"Labyrinth" is a great name for a power metal band, and this Italian one has eventually become very popular. Featuring quite a heavy use of keyboards (the mostly instrumental "Vertigo" almost sounds like it could have come from a dance floor; rather like The Chemical Brothers going metal), this debut, the only one to feature Fabio Lione on vocals before he worked with other bands like Rhapsody, is interesting at times, but not terribly inspiring. Me being a child of the eighties, I like the electronic touches, but the melodies aren't really there, which seemed to be the way with several bands who started around this time, like Paragon and Kamelot (I'll give Nocturnal Rites and Skylark a couple of higher notches than them).
As far as I know, better is to come from Labyrinth. We'll see.
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