The - above described - vocals work great with the instruments and they all come together to create a wonderful album, symphonic and beautiful, yet epic and full of energy. This song captures the exact reason why I love symphonic metal so much: the incredible beauty that comes in about 1 in 30 symphonic metal songs. Other notable songs include 'Live Before You Die', which has a bit of power metally vibes to it while still being a symphonic beast 'See You in Hell', a beautiful yet powerful piece and - my personal favourite - 'Fire and Ice'. The mix of clean vocals and growls work together perfectly to form a true masterpiece. Here, the verses are sung cleanly, while the main part of the chorus is growled. This song tells the story of the so-called Women's March on Versailles in 1789. One of the best examples for this is the song 'Marching on Versailles'. She can do clean vocals and growls equally well. I've already briefly touched on Melissa's vocals earlier, but I would like to elaborate a bit more.

I have always been fascinated by this particular art and Ad Infinitum masters it beautifully here. The band manages to give us a very symphonic sound without actually using symphonic instruments. I can definitely see why Napalm Records signed them. Ad Infinitum does not need to hide behind the giants of this genre like Nightwish, Within Temptation or Visions of Atlantis (to be fair they might not be one of the 'giants', but probably my favourite band of this genre). and justice for all? )īut enough name-dropping, let's get to the most important part, the music! Here, we have some classical symphonic metal in its best form. And of course, we can't forget Jonas Asplind's bass work, because no album is complete without good bass, ain't that right. Adrian Thessenvitz does an excellent job on the guitars and Niklas Müller is outstanding on the drums. But this review is not just about Melissa, just as the album isn't just by Melissa. You can really hear, that this is the style she is most comfortable with. Since she is the primary songwriter for Ad Infinitum, she can finally sing her own style and it is a huge improvement. However, none of these were HER bands and it showed. I know Melissa Bonny from her work with Rage of Light, Warkings, and Feuerschwanz and I did like her vocals there.

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