I gotta say I was very excited when \u201cThe Court of Mirror Hall\u201d lyrics video was released, because I really enjoyed listening to their last album \u201cMagic Forest\u201d and I wanted more. So this new song was everything I needed! I absolutely love Capri\u2019s voice and the new turn that she brought to the band. Don\u2019t get me wrong, Heidi has an incredible soprano voice, but Amberian Dawn totally grew on me since the release of \u201cMagic Forest\u201d.<\/p>\n
Now that I\u2019ve listened to \u201cInnuendo\u201d I just have to say that THIS is their best album so far. If \u201cMagic Forest\u201d has a somewhat poppy sound (which isn\u2019t bad at all!), \u201cInnuendo\u201d is more powerful and balanced. If I was to say something about the instrumental part, I like the fact that everything is more equilibrated now and the sound flows nicely. I noticed on \u201cMagic Forest\u201d that the piano parts were a bit too sharp for my taste, always in front of the other instruments.<\/p>\n
While listening to \u201cInnuendo\u201d I felt like being somewhere in a castle, getting ready for a ball and Capri\u2019s voice together with their neoclassical influences can really transpose you in a different reality. It\u2019s always a plus if the music manages to plant vivid images in your mind while listening to it and this is exactly what \u201cInnuendo\u201d has done for me.<\/p>\n
The first track of the album, \u201cFame & Gloria<\/strong>\u201d, made me perceive the song as a powerful anthem, a very good choice as an opening for the album. Catchy, fast riffs that will surely intrigue you. \u201cLadyhawk<\/strong>\u201d follows (I must mention that surely some of you will think of the movie with the same name, the old souls out there will understand) and again I get that poppy vibe especially when the chorus comes in, but it sounds good. \u201cInnuendo<\/strong>\u201d, which gives the album\u2019s name, is a symphonic neoclassical jewel, if I can say so. \u201cThe Court of Mirror Hall<\/strong>\u201d always puts me in a good mood while listening to it (often, I admit), because this is exactly the song that can transpose you in an alternate reality, a somewhat romantic scenery with castles and ballrooms. A slow song was needed and \u201cAngelique<\/strong>\u201d steps in with a very delicate Capri, accompanied by some really soothing piano notes. The next ones, \u201cRise of Evil<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cChamber of Dreadful Dreams<\/strong>\u201d, have all the characteristics of power metal songs, with guitar riffs that will make your head bang instantly. \u201cKnock Knock Who\u2019s There<\/strong>\u201d gave me a vibe of the 80s and made me think about childhood memories, it\u2019s not like any other song on the album, but it sounds fresh and fun and it adds a nice touch to the whole thing. And then we have \u201cSymphony nr 1, part 1 \u2013 The Witchcraft<\/strong>\u201d which managed to leave me absolutely intrigued. Returning to the magical themes that we\u2019ve met throughout their albums, Amberian Dawn creates this epic mysterious song and just leaves us hanging\u2026 Will there be a part 2? You\u2019ll think of \u201cMagic Forest\u201d after listening to this one, because a wicked \u201cshe\u201d is present again. And we need to know more about her! The album closes with \u201cYour Time \u2013 My Time<\/strong>\u201d, a more mellow song, fit for ending this album. It has some harmonious changing riffs that end the album with a feeling that something will follow\u2026 and I\u2019m looking forward to see what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n For me, a fan of the genre, the album is great and it makes me happy to see that their sound is even better now. I enjoy musical changes, I encourage them. I never believed that a band needs to sound exactly the same on every album. We need to see variety, intriguing compositions and progress, and in my humble opinion Amberian Dawn mixed all of these gracefully for their new release. Give it a listen and share your thoughts with us.<\/p>\n Cristina \u021aurlea<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I gotta say I was very excited when \u201cThe Court of Mirror Hall\u201d lyrics video…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8996,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994\/revisions\/8996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}