LEGENDARY TALES

First Rhapsody album from 1997. When I bought this album Legendary tales 11 years ago, I had great expectation about this band and album. Everybody said they are in vein with Stratovarius, Time Machine, Yngwie Malmsteen. Well to tell you the truth , Rhapsody have from all this bands influences. At first listen I was not very exciting , but not bored aither, neo classical metal with speedy instrumentation here and there, but also some folk moments. So the music was enjoyble but, i guess I've heared this before. The power metal is combined very well with speed metal and here and there when mood cganges are some folk moments. All pieces has same level, not one in front, so a good album but I don't considering this a s a masterpiece or close. 3 stars I think is fair, anyway the first 2 albums of Rhapsody are the best they ever done, the rest are good but kinda the same to each other, in this genre is hard to evolve.