IRONY OF FATE

Lots of bombastic keyboards are the highlight and it is with great relief that you will acknowledge that this album is almost an all instrumental one. I really don't praise the "performance" from Yukihiro Fujimura in the vocal exercise. But very close to none Japanese singer was able to raise my interest to tell the truth (being male or female).

An orgy of synthesizers is waiting for you during this album. They are often wild and crazy: just listen to the intro of "Last Night Forever"! It is alas ruined with poor vocals which is a pity because the guitar work is also rather convincing.

This album holds some very weak moments as well: the syrupy ballads "My Heart To The Past" and "Prelude" are frankly best avoided. You know the key to press by now, I guess?

The complex "My Eyes To The Panic" sounds almost like an eclectic track and is far much more interesting. It is fully instrumental and it is a pain that the band didn't investigate more into this direction. The album would have highly gained in quality.

The most interesting song is the closing number "Good Night Sleep": superb piano intro, gorgeous synths, as well as fine acoustic guitar moments are a real delight. Again, vocals would have been best avoided. Some wild riff à la "Watcher" can be noticed as well; but that's OK.

To summarize my feeling about this release, I would say that the good sits with the weak and average. As such I rate it with two stars.

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