Fall of an Empire (CD)

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• Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Label: Napalm Records (USA)
• UPC: 693723502823
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106241930
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #44108 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Personnel: Anthony Parker (guitar); Philippe Giordana (keyboards, background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Didier Chesneau.

Recording information: Melody Studio, Dreux, France (02/2006-06/2006); Nice, France (02/2006-06/2006).

Returning from an extended sabbatical that saw most of the band's lineup turn over, French prog metal outfit Fairyland return with their most symphonic album yet. Opening with a blatant Carmina Burana ripoff intro track called "Endgame" (which reappears in various guises thrice more over the course of the album, like it's a recurrent theme in the Lord of the Rings soundtracks or something), Fall of an Empire sounds like some kind of ill-conceived cross between lightweight '80s poodle metal (both of the male vocalists sound like they should be singing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" in front of a local cover band) and the worst, most Rick Wakeman-like excesses of '70s prog: conceptual lyrics furthering a basically incomprehensible storyline, lifts of classical motifs so blatant they would make Keith Emerson himself roll his eyes, and an overall stench of self-seriousness rarely found outside of small circles of Ayn Rand readers and/or Rush fans. Those who don't fall into either of those categories would probably find Fall of an Empire inadvertently hilarious, but somewhere out there is a guy who lives in his mom's basement and works part-time at the local comic store who's going to think this is the best album ever. ~ Stewart Mason

Returning from an extended sabbatical that saw most of the band's lineup turn over, French prog metal outfit Fairyland return with their most symphonic album yet. Opening with a blatant "Carmina Burana" ripoff intro track called "Endgame" (which reappears in various guises thrice more over the course of the album, like it's a recurrent theme in the Lord of the Rings soundtracks or something), Fall of an Empire sounds like some kind of ill-conceived cross between lightweight '80s poodle metal and the worst, most Rick Wakeman-like excesses of '70s prog. ~ Stewart Mason

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