Sweden again, and this time we have the debut of Insania, and it's not terribly successful. With all the songs bar one written by drummer Mikko Korsback, things start pretty well with such tracks as "Fighting My Tears" and "Fire", but, while those two are hardly revolutionary anyway, they shine compared with the ordinary stuff to follow. And as for the lyrics... I'm not saying power metal has to be about dragons and damsels in distress all the time (just often), but "Private Sex-Machine" goes where few of the genre like to tread as the chorus states,
"Rolling around in the bed full of sweat, our paradise show is so wet/Don't Wake me up if I sleep and have a dream, let me be your private sex machine." The ballad "Forever Is A Long Time" is 'cleaner', but also horribly corny.
Overall, this is not a bad album, but there's much room for improvement.
**1/2
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