Edguy's Reviews
Theater Of Salvation (Average Rating: 7.90 out of 10)
A stunning effort by Edguy (Rated this album with 8 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Odd Magne Granli
from Southern Sweden
From the Opening chords of Healing Vision to the incredible Theater of Salvation, this album is a complete rocker. It is stylish, clean and melodic rock at its best, the songs are catchy and the riffs hit hard. Major improvement from earlier records, and a sign of what to expect. Its maybe a bit more commercial sound, more mainstream, but sometimes you need to shift focus and look around. Putting some melodies and some more enjoyable music into what you do, can help a lot. And thats what this album does. It perfects a formula, until the part where it becomes a little too clean and on the edge of being too predictable. Thats the only drawback, unlike Mandrake, this album doesnt sound as new and fresh. When thats said, this album more than deserves its 4 stars. Songs like my favorite Land of the Miracle, Falling Down and Theater of Salvation is just awesome, and they are worth the price alone. The rest of the songs are quite good, and no one falls under average, which is quite a result.
Edguy, which becomes better and better for every album, certainly knows how to take their experience to the next level. From the good Vain Glory Opera, to Theater of Salvation, to the fantastic Mandrake, they are met with high expectations for their next studio album. Theater of Salvation is a very good album. As said, its only flaw is the somehow predictable songs, but that doesnt make them any less good. I always think of Pink Floyd everytime I hear the song Theater of Salvation, and thats as good praise as any band can get, and in a way, Edguy manages to be what they try, a superb Heavy Metal Band, with excellent musicians, solid lyrics, impressive vocals and hard hitting, yet wonderful melodies. Four Stars is proudly given to Edguy for their Stunning Effort.
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