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Luca Turilli's first solo single is nothing to complain about. Although the disc contains only three songs, they're all beauties. The first track off ‘The Ancient Forest Of Elves’ is, of course, the title song and the sixth track off of Turilli's first LP, ‘King Of The Nordic Twilight’. The song starts off with Olaf Hayer, Turilli's vocalist, singing the song's chorus right off the bat, with the help of some beautiful backing vocals, giving us a early hint of exactly how the song is going to sound like. The song keeps the same pace throughout the entire 4:43 minutes and, of course, contains some beautiful guitar work by the man himself, more specifically a sweet solo about 2:30 minutes in. Song number two, ‘Warrior's Pride’, is an alternate version of the one that appears on ‘King Of The Nordic Twilight’. In this short ballad that focuses less on the brilliant work of the Rhapsody guitarist, Hayer sings a duet. This song contains a chorus that will blow any metal fan away. There's not much else to say about this one, it's your typical power metal ballad, and I say that without any criticism. The third, and final, track from Turilli's first solo release is called ‘Knight Of Immortal Fire’. This song is the icing on the cake for metal fans because it doesn't appear on ‘King Of The Nordic Twilight’ or any other Turilli releases. ‘Knight Of Immortal Fire’ sounds very similar to the single's title song. Being a single, ‘The Ancient Forest Of Elves’ is obviously short, but a great addition to any metal collection and definitely a must-have for all power metal fans and, more specifically, for all Rhapsody fans. Track listing: 1. The Ancient Forest Of Elves 2. Warrior's Pride (Duet version) 3. Knight Of Immortal Fire