this is a piece of a power metal opera about 4 hour long (in 4 parts, wich exited in 2004, 2007, 2014, 2018 respectively) and they are playing roles, something like avantasia. thats why they are some strangely look with their costumes, its a power metal opera. and of course not they all from this band, they are invited artists from other bands exept the guy in green. in sum they invited above 20 vocalists in 20 years of playing this opera. this song is the first song of second part of the opera called Elven manuscript :a legend for all times, the song is called Star Portal, the text is(i cheked, the translation is right) The fog of war shrouded the mountains and meadows Why do I need the enemy's spells? Symbols burn, hiding power, but Not everyone can solve their secret. Doors of the worlds Unlocks a spell The scrolls are melting Fire sign Few words Change the distance To a world where cold and darkness reign We have a road ahead to a world covered in ice The anxiety made me forget that We may never return, but When trouble threatens, there should be no fear Doors of the worlds Unlocks a spell The scrolls are melting Fire sign Few words Change the distance To a world where cold and darkness reign Planets are passing us by (4:16) The eye can't follow Beauty takes away the fear of the Universe Elusive colors Doors of the worlds Unlocks a spell The scrolls are melting Fire sign Few words Change the distance To a world where cold and darkness reign Doors of the worlds Unlocks a spell The scrolls are melting Fire sign Few words Change the distance To a world where cold and darkness reign as we can understand the song is about teleportation to unknown world by the enemy's spells (explonaton in the first part)

I struggled a bit with this one. Fair play to them for trying something a bit different, but for me personally I found the song structure hard to get my head around.

Its pretty good, but I prefer Blackest Vision. That one felt a bit closer their power metal era stuff a la Doom Of Destiny. This one feels closer to their earlier rock stuff. I'm guessing the new album will be somewhat of a mixture. We'll see.

I like this a lot. Most important thing is it sounds like power metal. I guess people will have different opinions about the lyrics, but I like them, and for me its more import that the lyrics are well written and well phrased. Lyrics about dragons etc. are cool, but to me, not essential.

Could you react to HammerFall “The End Justifies” it’s one of their most recent singles, It’s fast, and good tempo, It has the old school HammerFall style

Pretty impressive song. I definitely prefer it to Ground Of The Fallen. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to get onboard with the whole bagpipe metal thing, but I'll keep an open mind.

Song just kinda passed me by. The guitar work was pretty good, but I agree with you, vocal melodies could have been better.

Best I can say is not bad. I like that it sounds a little different to his Avalon stuff, and I like Soto on vocals. But if I'm honest, its still pretty underwhelming. For me its still missing the magic he had with Stratovarious.

Jinjer > Ad Infinitum > Sledeon. Formulaic; nothing I haven't heard before in the now over-saturated modern metal scene.

If you haven’t heard it already, you absolutely must react to the song “Edge of Thorns” by Savatage.

Production is a bit muddy but an instrumental piece is a nice change of pace. Did you catch my comment on your previous video?

I thought it was pretty good in my opinion. I didn't mind the keyboard solo when it drops to a softer calming sound. I thought this sounded like an instrumental that could be in a video game.