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Title: In a word: overrated
Review: I expected it to be good...but I was horribly underwhelmed by this album. The band displays good musicianship and the vocalist is above-average, but the overwrought lyrics and uninteresting melodies couldn't get me excited. Most of the fast and heavy songs lack intensity, though the ballads are pretty good (mainly due to the vocalist). The CD plods for way too long...about halfway through this disc I kept glancing to my CD player wondering when it was going to end. It starts promising but quickly degenerates into boring, average power metal. The production doesn't help matters, and it makes the album hard to get into.
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