You might think these guys are Scandanavian at first, the overpowering keysk, the over-the-top bombastic operatic (is that a word) sound reminds one more of the Swedish bands, but these Germans do it as well as anyone out there. The blur the lines between Power, Prog and even AOR with their third release. They can do the epic 8 minutes songs or the more strait up stuff like "Tokyo". They seem to understand you need some songs to draw in a more mainstream Metal fan, then introduce them to the more Progressive material.

Songs like "Pale Moon Rider", "Sign In The Sky" and "The Princess" are just damn good Metal songs. At times they remind one of countrymen "Edguy", another band that has understood the need to write some more "simple" songs to play live and attract the female audience. I don't want to give the illusion these songs are "simple" by any stretch. The musicianship is suberb here and the production doesn't get much better. I HATE this terrible cliche', but "Evercircle" does have something for every Metal head, from the Classic fans to the Power/Prog crowd, you're going to appreciate this release.