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Rating:
I imagine you've understood that I have a deep admiration for Stratovarius, but what I'm about to review, their debut album, the self-titled "Fright Night," stands apart somewhat from their other works.
The production is terrible, the keyboard is convincing only in the introductions of the title track and "Darkness", which is in my opinion the best of the album, and Tolkki's guitar is too low, not to mention that at the time he was the one handling the vocals: certainly his voice, at least on this album, is not even remotely comparable to the sweet and melodic voice of their subsequent singer, Timo Kotipelto; on the contrary, it is rather aggressive and harsh. The lyrics are also decidedly banal compared to their later works, including the fabulous "Vision."
All in all, a rushed album, but not to be discarded, which I still encourage you to listen to, just to get an idea of the band's origins.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Future Shock (04:36)
I saw it in a dream the day that changed our history
I still can hear the screams swear it was no mystery
In the heat of the blast
Houses fell down into the ground
This happened so fast
Mankind disappeared without sound
Now the world lives in shadow of atomic fear
Can we win the fight for peace or will we disappear?
Future Shock
I saw it on the screen
The day that changed our lives and history
There goes our dream
Nuked into the sky don't know why
In the heat of the blast
Watch the beauty of the mushroom cast
It won't take long
You won't live till the end of this song
Now the world lives in shadow of atomic fear
Can we win the fight for peace or will we disappear?
Future Shock
02 False Messiah (05:20)
Come to me my disciples
Said the stranger who came
Healed the sick fed the poor
Spread the joy and the cure
He will rule our land
With his leading hand
We'll achieve our deliverance
Is it just an illusion
Or the mass confusion
Is it just the work of the False Messiah?
Victims of mass confusion
Fools will follow this man
He leads us to destruction
Tending us to damnation
He will rule...
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