Visions Of Atlantis' debut
ETERNAL ENDLESS INFINITY was a promising album, but came across as somewhat wimpy, not helped by the rather weak vocals of Nicole Bogner and Christian Stani. Well, Stani has gone now, to be replaced by the pretty good Mario Plank and, with Bogner's operatic style showing definite improvement (even if she's still no Turunen), the vocal part of the band is certainly better. The material is still fairly modest, but showing some strength with "Lost", "Realm Of Fantasy" and "Lemuria", three songs which suggest these Austrians do have some potential.
Bogner left soon after the release of
Cast Away (and, tragically, died of illness in 2012, at just 27 years of age), to be replaced by Melissa Ferlaak, and guitarist Werner Fiedler likewise departed, his place taken by Wolfgang Koch. With all these changes, it remains to be seen if Visions of Atlantis can settle and build on what temptations they offer.
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