Insania's second album has all the right power metal ingredients - except memorable material. "The Land Of Wintersun" shows promise early, but what follows is not just a lot of recycling of that song, but others from other genres as well. Why does "Beware Of The Dragons" contain the riff from "Hotel California"? And it's hard not to listen to the ballad "Angel In The Sky" without expecting Styx to suddenly start belting out "Come Sail Away".
All this is quite a shame because, as I said, the band has pretty much got the power metal sound down pat. Most of the songs were written by drummer Mikko Korsbäck. and maybe he needs some help in that department. Certainly, inspiration needs to come from somewhere.
**1/2
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