Asia meets Shadow Gallery. Yeeaah I know, we are taking about "soft melodic hard rock". But the return of the mighty British band comes with a ... fantastic melodic release.

Ok ... those songs reminds me Asia, Rainbow or Foreigner. Ok ... this album will sound "very light" compare to bands like Hammerfall, Judas Priest or Metallica. Ok ... your girlfriend (or boyfriend) will like it and she (he) will ask you if you are still a metal fan. Ok ... your metal friends will call you "chicken betrayal". Ok ... you won't wake up your neighbors with this one. Ok ... there is no chance to break your neak with this record. Ok ... even Foreigner seems much harder compare to those guys. Ok ... this is soft, very soft, very very soft.

And ? And what ? I am a mega fan of Asia first release and as nothing was close to it since this Nowhere To Hide, I think it is a sure buy-or-die album for all Asia, Rainbow, Foreigner or Styx fans. Songs like Nowhere To Hide, Can't Stop The Fire or Future Of The World are simply amazing melodic hard rock pieces. For all others metal kids ? Joker!