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Rating: One minute of cloying choruses introduces us to this Destiny concerning the band that invented "modern" power metal.
Strong neoclassical influences, with endless virtuosity and dualism of guitar and keyboard, all seasoned with VERY easy-listening melodies, vocal lines almost always teetering between falsetto and normal voice, and double-bass drumming in helicopter style (it's no mystery that Jorg Michael's style is imitated by all power metal drummers).
The five Finns, after a masterpiece like Visions, which came after four moderately well-crafted albums, have rested on their laurels, enjoying the success and the rightful title of Masters of Power Metal, making the total lack of innovation from this Destiny forward their "best" weapon.
Nice songs, some majestic and epic (the over 10 minutes of Anthem of The Worlds are stunning), others delirious speed songs for continuous headbanging (No Turning Back or Cold Winter Nights). Solos as fast as they are simple churned out repeatedly by the Johansson-Tolkki duo, the latter being the true mastermind of the group.
On one hand, we have very beautiful songs like those already mentioned, to which I would add Playing With Fire, Venus In The Morning, and S.O.S. On the other hand, there are a couple of unbearable ballads, 4000 Rainy Nights or Years Go By, the very boring title track, and the unnecessary Rebel.
Too little for a band from which miracles were expected after the exhilarating Visions, and from which only half-flops have arrived, where the songwriting has remained virtually unchanged, and sooner or later the chords will run out.
Fortunately for me, after this Destiny, I had the foresight to get their Best Of before proceeding with further purchases... believe me, that (+Visions) will be enough to know everything about Stratovarius.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Destiny (10:15)
The times are changing so fast
I wonder how long it lasts
The clock is ticking time is running out
The hatred fills this Earth
And for what is worth
We're in the end before we know
Throughout the years
I have struggled to find the answer that
I never knew
It struck me like a million lightnings
And here I am telling to you
Every second of day it is coming your way
Future unknown is here to stay
Got to open your mind
or you will be led to astray
There's a time to live
There's a time to die
But no one can escape the Destiny
Look all these things we've done
Under the burning Sun
Is this the way to carry on?
So take a look at yourself
And tell me what do you see
A wolf in clothes of the Lamb?
Throughout the...
Every second...
Let your spirit free
Through Window of your Mind
Unchain your Soul from hate
All you need is Faith
I control my life
I am the One
You control your life
But don't forget Your Destiny...
It's time to say goodbye
I know it will make you cry
You make your Destiny
I know you'll find the way
And outside Sun is bright
That things will be alright
I will be back one day to you
So please Wait For Me
02 SOS (04:16)
I'm waiting for the rain now
To settle the dusty air
Clearing up my emotions
Facing it all if I dare
I've been thinking
I've been trying
But I've always been denying
Wasted days are still inside of me
It's time to set them free
Why don't we see what is going on?
There are not so many years to be wasted
Until the damage is done and the beauty is gone
Save Our Souls
What is the price that we pay?
Save Our Souls
Do we have nothing to say?
03 No Turning Back (04:22)
So long I have been accepting what I've seen
Never really speaking my mind
Now the heat's leaking out
I'd like to scream and shout
I want to leave it all behind
There's no one else to turn the wheel
I've got my own life to steer
No turning back
Coz I wanna know who I am and I want to live my life
No turning back
Tomorrow's awaiting, I'm on the way
Hard to find the right words
And not to make it worse
A choice that has to be done
It is just my life
Can't make no compromise
And to stop what has begun
There's no one else to turn the wheel
I've got my own life to steer
No turning back
Coz I wanna know who I am and I want to live my life
No turning back
Tomorrow's awaiting, I'm on the way
I have all the strings in my hands
The choices that's been laid being for me
I am not taking no more commands
Coz now finally I'm free
04 4000 Rainy Nights (06:00)
These empty days are filling me with pain.
After I left it seems my life is only rain.
My heart is longing to the better times.
When everything was still so fine.
I wonder why it happens so fast.
You give your heart away
knowing it might not last.
I'm still here waiting for the rain to fall
and to see you once again.
4000 Rainy nights,
4000 nights I'd be with you,
4000 Rainy nights with you.
I keep your memory in my heart,
you give me hope when everything is so dark.
That thing nobody can take away,
forever in me
4000 Rainy nights,
4000 nights I'd be with you,
4000 Rainy nights with you.
05 Rebel (04:16)
You found the truth again
I showed the way
The path of wisdom is the only way to reality
You learned to live your life
The hard way
Your tears put out the fire from your soul
Lost behind the lies
I can hear your cries
Now is the time to rise again so strong
Learn from your past
But better make it fast
The time is running out for you to change your life
You must learn to live
There's so much to give
Set fire to your soul again and be the rebel
Hold your head up proud
08 Venus in the Morning (05:35)
It's 4 in the morning
I'm gazing the sky with
Millions of stars
A moment before the Dawn
The endless Universe fills me all
Where are you now?
Alone just like me and Venus in the Morning?
I touch your face that's filled with pain
I kiss away the tears from your eyes
I've waited YOU for 8000 days
Now I've come here to set you free
But where are you now...
Forget the future don't live the past
Live for today because life goes too fast
Go find the Key to your Divine Mind
Open the Door so many answers you'll find
Like Venus in the Morning
09 Anthem of the World (09:31)
The setting sun creates another world
The shadows fall another day is in the end
The Paradise is sleeping peacefully
And one more day is again history
Tell me can we go on like this?
Everybody is living in a bliss
Are these the last times of our Mother Earth?
Or is it just beginning of new Birth?
Don't be afraid we must be wise
Patient and peaceful and strong
Maybe it's like you would throw the dice
Then hope that nothing goes wrong
Remember that you have the right to say
All things that you feel inside
Open your mind and you open your eyes
Together now is the time
Sing the Anthem Of The World
But will we ever learn
To control our hate and to forgive
We must learn to find the way
To just live another day
And be free like an Eagle in the sky
How about if God just let us down?
If he just is polishing his crown?
What's the key to the Universe?
Is life down here just one big endless curse?
Don't be afraid...
Sing the Anthem Of The World...
10 Dream With Me (05:12)
Now it is time for you to close your eyes
They've seen much pain, it's slowly filling your mind
Pretty as they are but now so pale
You better leave all your worries far
behind
Not long ago when you had the fire
Burning inside of you brighter than any flame
You were the one that I believed in
Keeping our hopes up high where are you now?
Where do you aim?
Let me take you back
To the place you know
Why don't you dream with me
The answers will be found
No it is time to open your eyes again
See how all the sorrows have disappeared faded away
I am right here waiting for your call
If you still need me to guide your pace
Through the day
Let me take you back
To the place you know
Why don't you dream with me
The answers will be found
Let me take you back
To the place you know
Why don't you dream with me
The answers will be found
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