Language: English
Genre: Power Metal
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AllMusic Review by Robert Aniento
The first three records from Kai Hansen's band tried to follow a certain innovation/ evolution within German power metal's restricted scene. Sigh No More, the second of them, does not escape to this noble intention of the former Helloween
guitarist. The record shows a band finding its identity through 11 cuts
where various influences mark the route all along its path. It takes a
series of bumps, where the peaks mark the creative apex of the group and
the low ones border the dullest mediocrity. Probably, Sigh No More
is the most innovative and imaginative effort from the German band, and
the one that the passing of time digests with greater pride. The work
begins with "Changes," a tune with a magnificently constructed refrain.
Also, the haunting title song, the experimental "The Spirit," and the
powerful "As Time Goes By," a song in which Ralf Scheepers'
vocal skills are demonstrated to be enviable, stand out as the album's
highlights. But overall, "One With the World" must be recognized as the
record's indisputable masterpiece, a wrenching, rather old-fashioned
anthemic tune à la Manowar,
with a perfect feeling to be shouted at the shows from the band. The
rest of the record rambles along some similarly ambitious tracks, but
with less brilliant results. After Sigh No More would come the irregular Insanity & Genius and later on Land of the Free,
where the German guitarist and his troupe would finally find their
longtime sought-after sound, a melody-based power metal sound that would
definitively win them fans across genres. That would lead them to
release more accessible and predictable albums year after year, less
fissured than Sigh No More and surely without the same surprise capacity. [In 2002 the first seven Gamma Ray
records were digitally remastered and enriched with bonus tracks, in
addition to being displayed in digipack format, with some important
visual changes in the original covers. Sigh No More
bonus tracks are the unreleased "Heroes" and "Who Do You Think You
Are," and a pre-production version of "Dream Healer"].
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