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Band Name: Aina
Album Name: Days Of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera
Rating: 5 / 5 User Rating: 1.8 / 5
Label: The End Records
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Tracklist
Aina Overture
Revelations
Silver Maiden
Flight of Torek
Naschtok Is Born
Beast Within
Siege of Aina
Talon's Last Hope
Rape of Oria
Son of Sorvahr
Serendipity
Lalae Amêr
Rebellion
Oriana's Wrath
Restoration
Story of Aina [Instrumental]
Beast Within [Single Version]
Ve Toúra Sol (Rape of Oria) [Ainae Version]
Flight of Torek [Single Version]
Silver Maiden [Alternate Version]
Talon's Last Hope [Demo Version]
Siege of Aina [Single Version]
Story of Aina
DVD
Beast Within [Single Version][Multimedia Track]
Making of Aina
Story of Aina [Moving Story Board]
Slide Show
Artwork
Audio Settings
Credits
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Of all of the ensembles to attempt a metal opera, Aina succeed like none other with 'Days Of Rising Doom – The Metal Opera', a massive collection of wonderfully arranged symphonic metal tracks that would be appealing to fans of just about any type of metal that can deal with actual singing. The thunderous strains of 'Revelations' flow perfectly into the starkly beautiful 'Silver Maiden', a cut which sounds as if it were lifted directly from a big budget film. With tremendous string arrangements and a decidedly folkish passage that is emphasized by a soaring refrain, Aina manage to manifest a tremendously dynamic effect. 'Flight Of Torek' is perhaps the definitive power metal anthem, featuring passionate vocals and a torrid double bass pacing that launches this track directly into the stratosphere. 'The Siege Of Aina' is one of this record's highlights, with its chanting choirs and relentless pace. This song's chorus is perhaps the best on the entire album, as the story unwinds into a stunningly dramatic chorus. The breakdown in the center section of this track is simply killer, providing an impression of the massing of a dark army before launching into a blisteringly torrid guitar solo. The sting arrangements which grace this track are top notch as well and lead into a superb duet which brings this piece to coda. The most appealing aspect of this record is the amount of thought and creativity that it took to construct a project of this scope. Packaged to appear as a book, the complete collection includes two full discs and a DVD which documents the making of the entire affair. This album is so comprehensive that it is literally too much information to list, but rest assured, not only does this superior effort contain excellent production, songwriting and performance, but it also includes an extremely involved story which threads throughout the entire effort and a massive host of guests that include some of the most respected names in the field. If you consider yourself to be a fan of progressive or power metal and you do not own this thrilling, fantastic achievement, you really are doing yourself a grave injustice because this enormous, well put together and produced collection is nothing less than mandatory listening. If you own any album in the genre at all, this should be the one.
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