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Band
DragonLand
Title
Under the Grey Banner
Type
LP/EP
Company
AFM
YOR
2012
Style
Power
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2/8/2012 7:03:00 PM - Review by: Greg Watson
DragonLand is a symphonic metal band from Sweden who have a love for all things Lord of the Rings and similar. Think Avantasia but with more Sci-Fi/Fantasy themes. I wanted to like this band but there is just entirely too much going on for the listener to really get into a song. You have multiple vocal parts, orchestral arrangements and a full metal band going at the same time. While the orchestral pieces are enough to make Howard Shore run to Mt. Doom to throw himself into the fire, that just isn't enough to save the album in my opinion. I love concept albums and symphonic metal at times but I just couldn't get into this one at all.
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    2.5 :AVE RATING

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Under the Grey Banner
2012
AFM
Greg Watson2/8/2012
2.5

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