What happened?

What I found so great at the predecessor B 'n' B, the bombast of strong piano, indented here clearly in the background. Not that they were less, but they are quieter. Possibly bad mixed, eventuel wanted, I know not, and I do not understand. You go a whole under something.
The album also sounds very pop, very Radio is not enough which is not necessarily bad, but I lack the rock, the metal, the previously so ingenious "hand hammered"

The next point is Bastians voice. I held it with its predecessor not necessarily be the best (we'll see from his bad pronunciation of English texts from all that hurts me as an old Ami something in the ears), it acts on this album still significantly worse. Yes, ok, it is clear over that likes a the favor or two, but it also dominates every song in a way that can act just very quiet and as background banter the rest of the instruments.
That the (Lead) singer is usually the heart of a song may be true also, but what of InLegend predecessor so very enthusiastic and what constitutes the band are me just the powerful piano parts. The fail me here.

Then the songs are somehow so as if they were just so throw on the album. when I heard "Lonely" I thought only ... "is now to be serious?" ... lo lo lo lo lonely lonely lonely lonnely ...... so you can get a song with text and full.
Sounds like a joke to me.
The great thing about "la la la la la lalalala laaa" at Monuments of Eternity has indeed made me laugh, but not from joy.
The last track could also come from Michael Buble. simply replace the voice, and one has a chic nightclub Schunkellied, ne chic lady at the bar, smoky room, the man at the piano singing. Only that's not in Legend, but Michael Buble. Is it only InLegend. Like but do not

My Conclusion:
I feel at this production not long time which allegedly went there in order to create. If I also still remember the Bastian of 20 songs spoke incurred for the new album, and here the best 14 are plan .... how bad then the remaining 6. These are then not B but rather C pages ..
I have very rarely an album where I stop in the middle of songs and jump to the next because they just sound bad. here I find myself constantly. Listen now while I write here the album for 3 or 4th time and again raises an incredulous shake of the head, whether the action was planned hole SO ....
Maybe my opinion will change even after 10 or 100. Pass, but at the moment she is in me not the same tingle one, as it has still managed Ballads n Bullets.
Schade
I now hear it for now Ballads n Bullets. because the opener is already better than all the pieces of Goliath together.