Robert E. Hward was a Texan who wrote Conan. That's all. He wrote other characters as well, but none as lasting as Conan. He was friends with some writers of note. H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton and their ilk, mostly corresponding through mail, he died at the age of thirty and he would rarely leave his home state of Texas. So it is with Fairyland, and "Soundtrack to a New Beginning". Neither straying far from form. Both xenophobes, comfortable in their personal ideas of paradise, purists.
A uniformity of thought exists on "Soundtrack to a New Beginning". It's to be expected from Phillipe Giordana's pet project. Fairyland has come to be the R.E. Howard of symphonic metal. A leader in the pulpiest version of the style. "Score to a New Beginning" spins tales of naval battle and conquest, with a deftness of talent from accompanying musicians. Musicians such as Marco Sandron from Pathosray, who leads the three part vocal harmonies of the title track. There's like, twelve different bands represented on "Score to a New Beginning". An orgy of symphonic metal. A pure example of it's ideals.
"Score to a New Beginning" grows on you. By "Master of the Waves" I'm bobbing my head to the tight guitar work. I'd like to get a handy rack of PBR and play second edition with some dudes, blasting "Score to a New Beginning" in the background. By "End Credits" the triumphant sounds swell as we divvy up our loot of gold and +2 daggers.
It's epic. That's what Napalm Records is about. With artists like Tyr, Alestorm, and Fairyland, I'm convinced Napalm Records is the only label in Valhalla. This is the end of our time in the fantasy realm of Osyhria. Maybe Fairyland will move on to a modern setting for it's inspiration. I hope not. Stay true to the form. If I may suggest, perhaps a land called Na'ar, where a race of crocodile men have cruelly enslaved a dwarven princess. Yeah, yeah that sounds cool.
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