Stratovarius continues to redeem their mistakes on their self-titled album with the almost perfect Elysium, an absolute blast of energy and fun which had me immersed and engaged for almost its entire runtime. The instrumentals almost always feel impactful and powerful and the vocals are so great on most of these tracks.
My favourite song on this album was obviously the title track, an absolute masterpiece of a song which boasts a length of over eighteen minutes. Everything about this song is ... read more
Scandinavians when they need one more song for their power metal album and they have 20 minutes to kill: Minulla on idea!!!!! Or maybe they say: Jeg har en idé!!!!!! Or MAYBE they'll say something like: Jag har en idé!!!!!!! (Norway and Sweden say I have an idea very similarly, but they are different nonetheless)
| 1 | Darkest Hours 4:11 | |
| 2 | Under Flaming Skies 3:52 | |
| 3 | Infernal Maze 5:33 | |
| 4 | Fairness Justified 4:21 | |
| 5 | The Game Never Ends 3:54 | |
| 6 | Lifetime in a Moment 6:39 | |
| 7 | Move the Mountain 5:34 | |
| 8 | Event Horizon 4:24 | |
| 9 | Elysium 18:07 |