Jubilee Offer: Patriotic Classics for £2.50 |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Track Listings
| 1. And So Came the Storm |
| 2. Ride With the Sun |
| 3. Doryon the Enlightened |
| 4. The Storyteller |
| 5. Fight For Your King |
| 6. On the Earth To Fury |
| 7. Rebirth |
| 8. The Fellowship |
| 9. A Dark Omen |
| 10. The Army Of the White Mountains |
| 11. Of Wars In Osyrhid |
| 12. Guardian Stones |
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was a little intrigued by this band, having noticed their CDs hanging around in music stores I had breezed through. Checking Amazon, I found them to have zero reviews...it strikes me that they are a band few have taken the plunge with, maybe due to their frankly terrible name.
Fairyland fall into the power metal gamut, around the `very-epic' mark. On this album at least, they make use of the vocal talents of one Elisa C. Martin, who fills a space somewhere between pre-pubescent male vocals and a kind of pleasantly high-pitched female vocal range. She's no Tarja Turunen, but then she doesn't have to be; Elisa's vocals have a certain charm and an original feel to them, and when combined with the layers of deep, almost Gregorian, backing vocals emanating from the male vocalists, who incidentally sound like they've just got off a bus from a cathedral hidden in an magical forest somewhere, the whole effect is to give Fairyland's music a grand, sweeping quality. In fact, I'd go as far as saying the vocals remain quirky but are yet colossal, like a pixie with a huge voice box.
Fairyland aim here for an `epic-journey-via-the-medium-of-light-metal' concept, an idea that doubtless originated from Rhapsody of Fire's Emerald Sword saga. There's a story, involving wars and swords and no doubt goblins, but one wonders who will care. The point is that while the band will not be winning the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature any time soon, they manage to convey the charms of a faraway magical land pretty well, with considerable use of a twinkly little keyboard, cheesy and uplifting choruses and Elisa's elvish-sounding vocals, creating bold and majestic soundscapes.
Tracks like `Doryan the Enlightened' and `The Fellowship' would not look out of place in a `80s fantasy film, something like Legend or Labyrinth, and that's not actually a terrible thing. There's a certain naive nostalgia pervading the album, as though it were constructed after a coca-cola-fuelled Dungeons-and-Dragons marathon session, and doubtless it'll appeal to any metal fan who likes their music dipped in a yummy melted cheese sauce.
Though at times the band verge towards that `all-songs-sound-the-same' affliction that oft plagues artists of the power metal ink, their songs have enough substance to shine through, with many neat guitar solos and catchy choruses. The six-minute instrumental `The Army of the White Mountain' is a brave move, a tense and rewarding affair, whilst yearning ballad `Rebirth' sends a chill down the spine.
I'd recommend a fair few listens to `Of Wars in Osyrhia' before one can appreciate it: I was a tad bored initially, originally dismissing them as a poor man's Rhapsody of Fire, but then the grand choruses struck a chord somewhere tender in me, and the band's concealed hooks took hold, and for the most part, haven't let go.
Fairyland fall into the power metal gamut, around the `very-epic' mark. On this album at least, they make use of the vocal talents of one Elisa C. Martin, who fills a space somewhere between pre-pubescent male vocals and a kind of pleasantly high-pitched female vocal range. She's no Tarja Turunen, but then she doesn't have to be; Elisa's vocals have a certain charm and an original feel to them, and when combined with the layers of deep, almost Gregorian, backing vocals emanating from the male vocalists, who incidentally sound like they've just got off a bus from a cathedral hidden in an magical forest somewhere, the whole effect is to give Fairyland's music a grand, sweeping quality. In fact, I'd go as far as saying the vocals remain quirky but are yet colossal, like a pixie with a huge voice box.
Fairyland aim here for an `epic-journey-via-the-medium-of-light-metal' concept, an idea that doubtless originated from Rhapsody of Fire's Emerald Sword saga. There's a story, involving wars and swords and no doubt goblins, but one wonders who will care. The point is that while the band will not be winning the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature any time soon, they manage to convey the charms of a faraway magical land pretty well, with considerable use of a twinkly little keyboard, cheesy and uplifting choruses and Elisa's elvish-sounding vocals, creating bold and majestic soundscapes.
Tracks like `Doryan the Enlightened' and `The Fellowship' would not look out of place in a `80s fantasy film, something like Legend or Labyrinth, and that's not actually a terrible thing. There's a certain naive nostalgia pervading the album, as though it were constructed after a coca-cola-fuelled Dungeons-and-Dragons marathon session, and doubtless it'll appeal to any metal fan who likes their music dipped in a yummy melted cheese sauce.
Though at times the band verge towards that `all-songs-sound-the-same' affliction that oft plagues artists of the power metal ink, their songs have enough substance to shine through, with many neat guitar solos and catchy choruses. The six-minute instrumental `The Army of the White Mountain' is a brave move, a tense and rewarding affair, whilst yearning ballad `Rebirth' sends a chill down the spine.
I'd recommend a fair few listens to `Of Wars in Osyrhia' before one can appreciate it: I was a tad bored initially, originally dismissing them as a poor man's Rhapsody of Fire, but then the grand choruses struck a chord somewhere tender in me, and the band's concealed hooks took hold, and for the most part, haven't let go.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Initally skeptical i decided to take the plunge and order this cd and i'm really glad i did. This is very very epic stuff similar to power metal filled with most instruments known to man and great lyrics, if you're a lover of big epic music then you will love this, just get over the name of the band...i mean, fairyland?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If I were to sum this album up, it would be that it is good but it could be much better. Whilst the album has grown on me since first listening to it, it still leaves me feeling like I want to get more from it. Unfortunately, I feel that a lot of the songs sound very similar and, if you weren't concentrating, you could miss where one song finishes and another one starts. It's not all bad, as far as albums in this genre go this is a very credible effort, and it remains an album that I would pick out more readily than others in my collection. However, I have both other albums by Fairyland and listen to those far more than this one. I do think that the lead singers voice is fitting to the music, although it is fair to say that she is not the best singer in the world. Then again, her voice fits so well into the fantasy-themed music that she gets away with it. The epic symphonic metal in the background is well-written, but I do feel that the music, at points, is played almost too quickly, and this makes it hard to appreciate the melodies and rhythm that each song has to offer. "Rebirth" is a very impressive tune, and is arguably the best on the album. "The Storyteller" and "Of Wars in Osyrhia" (the title track) are also very good. It is not a bad album, but it is not excellent either (which is why i've given it a mediocre 3 out of 5). Nevertheless, it is well worth a go if you are a fan of this particular genre of heavy metal.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
