Nightwish - Imaginareum

Label: Nuclear Blast 
Year: 2005
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Recommending Person: Sean Murray

Bummer, first lost post of the year. I had a nice flow going, but I'm going to have to go in a slightly different direction.

This record was created in coordination with the movie of the  same name. It sounds that way the entire album. I felt like it was missing visuals and didn't quite hold up with out them.

The music itself is still powerful, but maybe it was my lack of concentration that led to a lack of narrative feel they had as a goal. I didn't fall in love with any single track and I think its because the vocals put me off in an odd way. The quality itself is not poor, maybe it's just not my cup of tea. I love the final track, it's instrumental and I think it's the tour de force of the entire album. I love that I listened to this record because it is outside of my cultural bubble.