Oh wow, the acoustic version is quite a lot nicer, I wish they'd used that instead of the album version. They did the same thing with the remix of "Lord of the Rings", which was also superior to its original.
Overall it's a pretty solid album, "Sacred Worlds," "Tanelorn", and the last two songs are the best of the lot. I don't care much for the middle of the album, possibly because those are less fantasy geek and more original stories, but haven't omitted any of them from my MP3 player yet.
I'm almost surprised how much I enjoyed the "Wheel of Time" (WoT and Ride into Obsession) songs since I don't care at all for the series, I've picked up enough knowledge from osmosis to get the gist of it tho and Guardian definitely puts emphasis on the epicness of it. I loved Game of Thrones of course, so the songs that referenced them were high on my list (tho as I said, the album version of War of the Thrones sounds inferior to the remix posted here). And an Elric of Melnibone song no less! "ALL HAILLLL STORMBRINGEEERRRRR!!!"
Overall I'd give the album 8.5/10. Some really strong showings but more weak tracks than I'm used to hearing from my favorite band. |