Garden of Shadows

Oracle Moon (Earache)
by Tim Den

Uh… should I raise my Gothic fist in the air or cynically laugh at the cheesiness of Garden Of Shadows? The Iron Maiden guitar harmonies are a nice touch, but the Phantom of the Opera keyboards and misplaced Suffocation vocals make me want to chuckle. Sounds like someone listened to too much of Death’s Symbolic, to the point where their annoyed family members slipped in The Gathering when no one was looking. “Into Infinity” sounds so much like Maiden’s “Remember Tomorrow” that I thought it was a cover. Dunno, you tell me if this suits you.
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