At Vance's third album in as many years should please those who like their first two, and in particularly follows the pattern of their debut,
NO ESCAPE. The first few songs, and last few (apart from the ending instrumental) are in the typical power metal vain, with such highlights as "Ages Of Glory", "Two Kings" and "Too Late" having choruses that characteristically go gradually down the octaves. In the middle of these two sections are a couple of slower songs, and also their third ABBA cover, this one "The Winner Takes It All", and an adaption of Beethoven's 5th. It's not a little dabble either, but a full-blown, eight minute rendition which can't help but be a bit repetitive and limited, but I'm a sucker for such extravagances.
Overall, this is another spotty effort from At Vance. One certainly can't accuse them of doing the same song all the time, even if their individual albums repeat some of the same tricks, and while the results are inevitably inconsistent, they do remain one of the more interesting and diverse of their genre.
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