![]() The album sticks to a tightly observed checklist to a fault, but, despite some familiarity, it still throws its head back and belts out an evening’s worth of entertainment that is well worth the price of the ticket. It might shop out more cheese than a 24 hour fromagerie, but there’s no way to claim that A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society is anything but a heavy dose of mostly-fun. It gets shunted out of the way pretty quickly for the much showier “Scars”, unfortunately a Geoff Tate-led pseudo ballad that’s twice as grand and half as fun. ![]() ![]() There’s a little wiggle room for some change here, though “Rhyme and Reason” swaps the grandiosity of its precursors for a hit of pure adrenal gland battering to glorious effect. It’s nothing so outrageous as to not be by the numbers Avantasia, but it certainly shakes things up a bit. “The Wicked Rule the Night” sees Primal Fear icon Ralph Scheepers tear up the songbook and deliver a surprisingly devastating bit of bombard to offset the cloy that is starting to set in. Jorn hammers the pants off of the bombastic “I Tame The Storm” in his usual high-octane display of outrageous talents. There’s plenty of heavy hitters scattered among the campier efforts, too. Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists > Lists > Film Lists > 15 Great Hong Kong Horror Movies Worth Watching 15 Great Hong Kong Horror Movies Worth Watching. The whole album had one mission statement, it seems, which was “give ‘em a show” circled in glittery pen a few times for emphasis. Taste of Cinema Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists. “The Inmost Light” is a slice of power metal cheese at its richest, while the title track allows Magnum legend Bob Catley to showcase his always impressive smooth tones. It swoops and soars above the crowd on gossamer wings and fishing line and makes a spectacle of itself in the best way. From the opening whirlwind of “Welcome to the Shadows” – which does it’s best to be every song on Bat Out of Hell at once with an avalanche of big vocals and bigger guitars – to the no-holds-barred power balladry of the haunting Floors Jansen duet “Misplaced By The Angels,” it’s clear as day that Tobias and co.
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