I loved VALLEY OF THE DAMNED, for its speed, fast solos and flying melodies, as did many others, while heaps of people hated it for mostly similar reasons. So what's the band to do? If they repeat the process, they could sound stale, but if they change things too much, they'd disappoint so many fans.
They've gone for the former option here. This is more of the same. Yes, it's predictable. You know you'll have mostly fast songs, five of which (including the one ballad) have key changes, steady build ups to the melodious choruses, and lightning guitar solos throughout.
But again, it's such fun! Maybe there isn't a hugely rousing "Heart Of The Dragon" here, but such songs as "Fury Of The Storm" and "Above The Winter Moonlight" are so disarming, they're impossible to dislike. Alright, impossible for me to dislike.
It seems the band was calling themselves "Journey Meets Slayer" by this time of their career, which I'm sure was enough to make fans of both those bands choke on their razor blade breakfasts (alright, maybe Journey fans just settle for Coco Pops), but they've got damn better melodies than Journey, and... well, let's forget about the Slayer comparisons.
I'm a wimpy, girly metal fan.
And I'm proud of it. :-D
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