When bands have been around a long time, it's often hard to keep momentum. The task is even more difficult when at one time you became one of the iconic bands of your particular genre. That's what happened to Stratovarius.
In the late 90s they were one of the biggest European power metal bands, with excellent albums such as Episode and Visions. They never recovered and the band drowned in fights amongst members.
There were signs of a slow recovery, in the previous album, but Nemesis is a huge leap in quality. This is an excellent album from start to end. The songs are modern, fast, fierce and yet still have all the classic characteristics that made Stratovarius stand out. Melodic power metal with a little prog touch.
This is, undoubtedly, the best Stratovarius album since Visions.
Rating: Heavy Rotation
PS: Warning, the video is quite bad... but the song is great
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