Description

The album opens with the 10 min but never boring title track, and once it ends, it leaves you thinking, what the heck was that!, just out of this world, but song after song you notice that the level never goes down. “SoS”, “No turning back” & “Rebel” are great fast tunes, while, “4000 Rainy nights” “Years go by” & “Venus in the morning” are mind blowing ballads, the only weak track here is “Playin with fire” but is not a filler, is just doesn’t match the potential of the other tracks, and the album ends with “Anthem of the world” a great song with beautiful chorus at the end. If you got the Europe release, you’ll get a bonus track named, “Cold winter nights” which is a great song also. Now If you are getting into Stratovarius, for the first time, get “Episode”(1996) & “Visions” (1997) first, and then get “Destiny” (1998) if you really like the band you would want to look up for their earlier albums, most recommendable “Forth Dimension”, before that the band released three other albums featuring only 1 or 2 essential tracks on them. In conclusion: If you wanna hear the best music the 90’s got to offer, You don’t want to skip this, Strato is one of the few bands that are the exception to the rule that the 90’s are a wasted decade in music, thanks to Rap and cheap pop.

Track listing:
1. Destiny
2. S.O.S.
3. No Turning Back
4. 4000 Rainy Nights
5. Rebel
6. Years Go By
7. Playing With Fire
8. Venus In The Morning
9. Anthem Of The World
10. Cold Winter Nights