Time Requiem - Optical Illusion (2006)

Time Requiem's third and final album has Richard Andersson with an almost new line-up, including debut vocalist Goran Edman, and the result is probably the band's best release.
Once more, Andersson's keyboard prowess is evident, but Magnus Nilsson's guitar playing is also skilful, and the songs, while nothing brilliant, are consistently interesting and have an appeal that is quite grabbing. 
During their brief career, Time Requiem crafted a style similar to Artension but, while Andersson and Vitalij Kuprij are both talented men, I prefer Time Requiem's superior song-writing ability. I think that's what the difference really boils down to.
Both bands are now defunct, but it would have been nice to see where Time Requiem could have gone from here.

***1/2