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A band that changes its style will inevitably lose old fans and - hopefully - to attract new ones. Who so this disc is a little? Who Sonata Arctica knows, who knows that there is a drastic change of style was also here, away from the power metal towards a clear progressive disc. The change is in Kamelot but much less dramatically.

It's true what some critics complain: Many sing along choruses, there are not. Possibly the in Train of Thought. This does not change that fact, there are many places that just trigger a shiver when listening.

Have also complained about the synthesizer in the orchestration. I do not think so. What has disturbed for years no one - not even in Nightwish - is frowned upon at once, simply because more and more bands a real orchestra to hire? I do not know. In Blind Guardians newest concoction, the orchestra seems more out of place in Nightwish poor guitar is completely marginalized. In addition, a real orchestra is rarely taken on tour and therefore then eh would run off the assembly line.

Who is rather a complex, multilayered work arrives as a power metal banger who is in good hands here. The songs seem all convincing as implemented on Ghost Opera, but for my taste there is the complexity of Black Halo not reach, so there is only 4 stars.