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AVANTASIA - THE SCARECROW (CD) |   | |||
| January 2008 - Nuclear Blast | |||||||
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Tracklist
1.Twisted Mind 2.The Scarecrow 3.Shelter From the Rain 4.Carry Me Over 5.What Kind of Love 6.Another Angel Down 7.The Toy Master 8.Devil in the Belfry 9.Cry Just a Little 10.I Don't Believe in Your Love 11.Lost in Space  the lyrics |
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Review
  note : 15/20 | ||
| I remember an interview with Tobias Sammett in which he stated, that there would never be a third part of "Avantasia-The Metal Opera". To avoid contradicting himself he has now called the third Avantasia album "The Scarecrow" and done away with the fantasy theme. This time, there is no real story underneath the songs, more a lose concept of an artist who has lost his great love and is looking for ways to forget her (as this is a theme of many songs from the last Edguy-album you have to wonder if maybe Mr. Sammett is talking of himself here).
The music has also moved away from the Power/Fantasy Metal approach of the two "Metal Opera"-parts. Except for "Shelter from the rain" that co-stars Michael Kiske and Bob Catley there are no speedy, but many up-tempo or mid-tempo songs. The whole album starts off quite cool with the intro-riff of "Twisted mind" which turns out to be the second best song on the album. Roy Khan sings a little bit but most of the song is performed by Tobi, as is the fact on most of the songs. The follower "The Scarecrow" is okay, but sounds very much like one of those Edguy epics and is saved only by the fantastic voice of Jorn Lande who plays some kind of Mephisto. The greatest song - of course - is "The Toy Master", that has Alice Cooper written all over it and sounds that strange and weird as if it came from one of Alice`s latest albums. Except for some small parts the song is mostly sung by Alice Cooper and absolutely great. The other songs with Jorn Lande and "I don´t believe in your love" with Oliver Hartmann are good and solid Heavy Metal, but often sound like Edguy-leftovers. The two songs that Tobi sings alone are okay as well, but not as great as you´d expect by such a great songwriter as Tobi Sammett. He has tried to sound very modern and mainstreamy and has succeeded in that but it does not really fit into the rest of the songs. Now the down-side: "Cry just a little" is a duett with Bob Catley and has "Cheese" written all over it which is sad, because Catley really sounds great here. The other ballad is NOT Metal, but sounds like one of those radiosongs that you instantly forget after hearing. It´s that much emotional and pseudo-dramatic! Overall the album is not bad and has some highlights, yet I think it can not be compared to "The Metal Opera" which was just great and nothing less. Perhaps it would have been wiser of Tobi to give the project another name, because in the comparison, "The Scarecrow" loses definitely. Rate: 15/20 | ||
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