Nocturnal Rites' second album is immersed so much in power metal, it's hard to believe they ever played music of the death variety. From the lyrics of battles and magical rings and suchlike (titles like "Pentegram", "Eye Of The Demon" and "Burn In Hell" sound more 'evil' than they actually are when one looks at the context of the record), to the continuous speed of the guitars (no ballads here), this is nothing revolutionary, but it has a charm that makes it undeniably likeable. "Change The World" is the most melodious and, it must be said, cheesiest of the bunch, but there's enough here to make
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (no, it's not The Alan Parsons Project singing about Edgar Allen Poe) quite enjoyable.
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