THIS OUTPUT IS A GENUINE DISCOVERY TRIP FOR LOVERS OF EPIC MELODIC SYMPHONIC POWER METAL. Symphonity ARE AMONG THOSE EXPERTS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CREATING AN ARC OF TENSION FROM CATCHY MELODIES AND AWESOME VOCALS TO POWERFUL GUITAR THUNDERSTORMS. "MARCO POLO: THE METAL SOUNDTRACK" IS FULL OF ANTHEMS AND STANDS IT'S GROUND ON THE LEVEL OF ACTS LIKE STRATOVARIUS, RHAPSODY, NIGHTWISH, HELLOWEEN, BLIND GUARDIAN OR SONATA ARCTICA. THE SONGS, ALL TRUE GEMS, ARE MADE FOR COLLECTORS OF DIGNIFIED CONCEPT ALBUMS. With this album, Symphonity have created a monument to the most famous traveller in medieval world history - and the stations of his life's journey from Venice to Peking and back. But especially musically, the band's brilliantly produced third long player will be very well received for sure. The dynamic range of the album leaves nothing to be desired: up-tempo numbers like "The Plague" and "I Found My Way Back Home" are ideal flares to brighten even the dullest day, "Mongols" is a wide-ranging ten-and-a-half-minute drama, "Dreaming Of Home" and "Prisoner" are piano-led ballads for emotional depth. The album gains additional moments through the successful fusion of exotic harmonies and scales from countries on Marco's travel route such as Persia, Armenia, Mongolia and China