truly an awsome cd, anyone who likes music like hammerfall, lost horizon, helloween etc will love this band as they are among the power metal gods like iron maiden. but not quite so famous. Their old stuff like this and dreamspace is truly awsome some of my favourites....going off track a bit.
1.Against the wind: a strong melodic song wit alot of D.Bass drumming and long guitar notes, an excellent song.
2.Distant skies: one of my favourite songs on the album, better as a live version but still an amazing song really hits a spot in true power metal lovers
3.Galaxies: even i have to admit that these lyrics are a bit cheesy but that doesnt matter this song has a bit of slow tecno with the keyboards at the begging but is still a great song, it has the kind of power metal motion to it, as if marching for greater good.
The rest of the songs are much the same with some slower songs like winter, which is moving. the song Stratovarius is instrumental. 030366 is slow and very powerfull what you would expect from a european band. nightfall is another slow song.
we hold the key has a start mush the same as galaxies but not so tecno. Still an awsome song
Overall i rate this as one of my favourits in my metal collection with both some fast and slow songs and some that move a person. i would reccomend that you get dreamspace if you like this album, in my opinion it is better but not quite so much of a raw sound.