Description

Yellow vinyl with lyric insert. Limited to 222 numbered copies

Elegy are one of the longer lived power progressive power metal bands around with quite an extensive discography. They have survived in spite of personnel changes and a shift in their sound that might have undone lesser bands. Labyrinth Of Dreams is their solid debut, showing a technical band capable of some very intricate song writing. Early Elegy sounds a lot like early Helloween or later Eldritch. Labyrinth Of Dreams is driven by a dual guitar and keyboard attack making for a lot of layers in the music. Eduard Hovinga adds clean vocals if a bit high pitched on this disc. For those who enjoy guitar rich progressive metal, Elegy is a wonderful find. There are chops and shreds aplenty with lots of added frills throughout the songs. “The Guiding Light” is a breathless speed attack that shows tremendous promise for the future releases from this band. In light of their other releases, Labyrinth Of Dreams is raw and immature. It lacks the spit and polish of albums like State Of Mind and Manifestation Of Fear. However, as a first rung on the ladder, it is a very solid offering.

Track listing:
1. The Grand Change
2. I’m No Fool
3. Take My Love
4. All Systems Go
5. Trouble In Paradise
6. Over And Out
7. Labyrinth Of Dreams
8. Mass Hysteria
9. Powergames
10. The Guiding Light