FOURTH DIMENSION ALBUM
When I first listened to this album after the courageous, diversified and simply brilliant "Dreamspace", I felt highly disappointed about this record. Instead of Tolkki, an ordinary power metal singer with a clear and high pitched voice performed here. The exotic elements had mostly been taken away to be replaced by usual European power metal riffs with a slightly epic touch. The magic and atmosphere of the previous album wasn't present on this record. I really took me some time to accept this album and find an approach to it but when it finally worked, I really began to appreciate it.
But from a general point of view without comparing the record to the brilliant "Dreamspace", this album is still one of the better ones in the band's discography. Most of the songs have a very epic touch and invite to dream and relax by listening to this record. With the rather ordinary power metal songs "Against the wind" and "Distant skies", the album has a rather weak opening, but the second half of the album is eventually really good. The first enjoyable song is the atmospheric" Galaxies" that has some very charismatic keyboard sounds that have been copied by Edguy for their "Vain glory opera" album. The ethereal "Winter" also has a very strong and epic introduction that creates an interesting atmosphere. In fact, the mostly silent, atmospheric and sometimes folk orientated intros are one of the strongest points of the entire record. The album gets better and better with each new song.
The album eventually develops a quite unique and epic atmosphere and is very powerful in its calmer moments and overlong tracks such as “Nightfall” and isn't the usual average European power metal album that I was afraid to discover after the first two songs. The album is different from the previous stuff because it is lighter and very dreamy and one discovers a completely new style of the band. Maybe it was finally the good decision to move away from the previous record because the band simply couldn't have realized a better effort in that direction.
Beside this fact, there is still one big surprise on the album that has slightly reminiscences to the previous record. "030366" is a truly unique and weird masterpiece of a song with many electronically elements, weird vocal effects and a dominating and pounding bass guitar. This song is a welcome change of style and still fits to the album because of its epic structure but doesn't sound like anything I have ever heard before. It's without a doubt the best and most original song on this record in my opinion and shows that the band's courage and creativity hasn't passed by entirely. They decided to head for a new direction but they didn't entirely forget about their past.
That's why this album is finally one of the better ones in the band's discography. If you like soft and epic power metal, you will adore this album. If you are looking for traditional up tempo and kitsch power metal, you will adore the first two songs. If you are looking for innovating and progressive parts, you should listen to "030366". If you are somewhat annoyed by the stereotypical voice of the new singer, there is an excellent instrumental called "Stratovarius" on the record which would be worth a try. In the end, this album doesn't entirely satisfy any one, but may partially please to any kind of listener.
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1. Against the Wind 03:48
Once again I try to make things work
facing all the power of society
Searching all the answers of the life
I´ll never make it on my own
Was I meant to fail everytime
Seems to me thats my destiny
Is this all that´s left to me
Confusion and bad memories
But now my time has come
No more running in the dark
I want much more than this
I really want it all
Against the wind we run
to every place under the sun
We´ve got so much power inside
We will never give up
Against the wind we go
towards the new shore
together we´ll forget the sorrow
it´s forever gone
2. Distant Skies 04:10
Went into the plane was scared like hell
tried to relax for awhile
But when we took off I feared we would fall
waving goodbye to this life
I´m flying through winds tonight
no sign of the dawn or light
Silhouettes in the sky
wings are carrying me through the night
Sihouettes in the sky
destination unknown - Distant Skies
Then after awhile I tried to sleep
but watched two movies instead
The fear struck again how I hate this plane
Hope this would come to an end
I´m flying through winds tonight
no sign of the dawn or light
Silhouettes in the sky
wings are carrying me through the night
Sihouettes in the sky
destination unknown - Distant Skies
Silhouettes in the sky
wings are carrying me through the night
Sihouettes in the sky
destination unknown
I fly through the night
No sign of the light
I fly through the night - Distant Skies
3. Galaxies 05:01
Hear my call don´t waste your time
remember what we´re fighting for
Hear my voice take my hand
We´ve got to win this war
We were meant to be free
not to live in slavery
To the other Galaxie we go
gather all our strength before they know
Soon the time will come for all of us
to unite our souls and hearts
save the universe
4. Winter 06:32
Silence is all I hear
Blackness fills my world
Midwinter days and lonely nights
Depression takes over
my frozen mind
Morning starts a new day
Dawning nowhere to be seen
Oh, won´t you break
my chains and let me go
free as a bird in the sky
Winter blows colder
I´m growing older
Visions of darkness
breaking the silence
Winter blows colder
I´m feeling older
Light fades away
I´m here to stay
I´m telling you no-one could ever take your place
open your eyes and you will see
5. Stratovarius 06:22 instrumental
6. Lord of the Wasteland 06:10
I´m going back through time
before the war this crime
who would have believed
that they would do it
One April morning
without a warning
the sirens woke us up
two minutes to live we got
I´m dying I´m crying
still I´m the lord
I´m fighting denying
still I´m the lord
of the wasteland
Now I´m alone here
the last man on earth I´ll be
walking through chaos land
there´s just black mist and sand
I´m dying I´m crying
still I´m the lord
I´m fighting denying
still I´m the lord
of the wasteland
7. 030366 05:47
I´m your god computer´s my name
Give the password or you will fail
I will lock you into my mind
Your number is all you will find
Don´t try to run
(I´ll take your life and the will of your power)
Under the sun
(There is no place where you can hide)
If you are a virus instead
Go away there´s nothing for you here
Log you out of my system
No use commands are always the same
zero three zero three six six
8. Nightfall 05:09
Shades of night
I´m walking through sleeping village
that is having a dream of thousand dreams
Moon is guiding my way through the land
the snow is silently falling
from the sky that is lit by million stars
Nightfall
I feel the breeze
Nightfall
on my face
Nightfall
and the trees are
Nightfall
covered with white lace
9. We Hold the Key 07:53
I´m watching as the morning sun rises
before my very eyes
Revealing all this beauty
Questions fill my mind once again
clearing my thoughs have I been blind
Now I see
The hole is getting bigger in the sky
do you know the reason why nobody seems to care
Everything is so well in your life
did you ever give a dime
to things that you really believed
The future will show
what happens to our world
We hold the key to the door
of salvation eternally
We hold the key to minds
to the future of mankind
It´s time to wake up from you dreams
to reality this can´t go on believe me
If you just turn your head away
will tomorrow be the same
try to foresee
The future will show
what happens to our world
We hold the key to the door
of salvation eternally
We hold the key to minds
to the future of mankind
What will we find
mountains to climb
more destruction
and hatred we´ll discover
Suddenly sounds awake me
birds singing beautifully
Maybe there is hope still left
in this world
10. Twilight Symphony 07:00
I´m entering in to the woods
I left everything behind
I have to follow my heart
Don´t know what I´m looking for
Starlights guiding my way
to old black oak where we meet
now it´s full moon
other side is calling me
singing dancing this is no dream
Twilight Symphony
The feast is going on
rapture never seen before
the fury is taking us
into a new level soon
Hearing voices everywhere
telling me what to do
giving me answers
other side is calling me
singing dancing this is no dream
Twilight Symphony
The spirits are calling me
I only wish to die
there is no question why
anymore
11. Call of the Wilderness 01:30 instrumental
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