The Last Horizon

IMPERIA haben ein paar ordentliche Bombast-Metal-Alben auf dem Kerbholz, mit dem 2019er „Flames Of Eternity“ allerdings auch einen mittleren Reinfall fabriziert. „The Last Horizon“ findet wieder halbwegs zurück auf den Pfad der Tugend: ´Dream Away´ geht gut nach vorne, vor allem aber gelingt es Sängerin Helena Iren Michaelsen, eine Zeile wie „I just dream away

With the likes of NIGHTWISH, WITHIN TEMPATION, EPICA and BEYOND THE BLACK doing big and even bigger things, symphonic metal hardly needs an injection of fresh blood at this point and is doing far better than anyone could have predicted 25 years ago. But even though logic dictates that there is only so much room at the top, IMPERIA have become increasingly impressive over the years and, with "The Last Horizon", now sound very much like heavyweight contenders. Neither in thrall to the pop-metal...