Release Year: 2011
Artist Origin: USA
Style: epic dramatic power heavy metal
after a pretentious aim to conquer commercial rock market one year before this, the fourth studio album [1987] by celebrated Floridian four-piece has made them a name worldwide and is considered one of, if not the best recordings they have ever made, refining the most memorable and impressive details generated during the eighties, and epitomizing the power heavy metal made in US during that era, putting in much more drama, neoclassical and cinematic touches, explored on a vast scale on later releases, but here we talk pure metal with a long lasting effect, so it is no wonder this epic has been on top lists ever since; recent digipak edition comes with a remastered sound, liner notes by vocalist Jon Oliva in the booklet, and three acoustic tracks as bonus