German band Edguy has not got one of the more exciting names in music, but they have become one of the leading performers of power metal. This is actually their second album, but their first 'official' one (it got proper distribution, or something like that), and it holds promise with the likes of "Wings Of A Dream", although the production is thin, and vocalist/bassist/keyboardist/main writer Tobias Sammet has not got the best voice, while some of the writing is unimaginative. There's also an eighteen-minute suite that finishes things off, "The Kingdom", which does not work as well as Symphony X's similar effort from about the same time, but does have its moments.
There's enough here to offer hope for the future.
**1/2
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