Another incredible album from the masters of prog metal. Certainly one of the band's most important albums, as it marks the return of the legend Mike Portnoy, who leaves his mark on the album's sound; his influence on the tracks and concept of the album are clear. In my opinion, it is the band's best album since Dramatic Turn of Events.

A masterpiece of progressive metal, an absolute classic and a must-have for every progressive metal/rock fan.

In my opinion, the band's best album, the magnum opus of Rhapsody. Absolutely everything on this album is grand, beautiful and epic, a masterful conclusion to the powerful saga of the emerald sword. A masterpiece of symphonic power metal and metal in general.

Masterpiece. Another absolute classic of symphonic power metal. The title track is one of the best and strongest songs of the band and of power metal.

The year 2025 starts off very well with this excellent melodic death metal album, which will certainly be on the list of the best of the year. Another excellent album with Mikael Stanne on vocals.

An absolute masterpiece of symphonic power metal. This album is as powerful as the emerald sword carried by the mighty warrior.

A great debut album, it has two of my favorite tracks from the band, which are Flames of Revemge and Land of Immortals.

A lost gem of progressive metal, excellent album.

Masterpiece, one of the band's best albums, the title track is one of the band's best.

A good album, as far as possible. Logically, very different from Chester, but I feel that the band managed to unite its classic identity from the first albums, with the modernity of the most recent albums and adapt it to Emilly's vocals. The songs are quite short to embrace the TikTok generation, but that doesn't take away from the quality of the album. Overall, if you listen to it with an open mind, it's a good album.