Produced by Lanvall
Released: 2003
With their third album there remained little question that Edenbridge was Austria's answer to Nightwish. Singer Sabine Edelsbacher may not employ exactly the same operatic histrionics to the same extent as Tarja Turunen, but there's little doubt that her similar vocal ability draws comparisons to her Finnish counterparts.
It would be unfair to accuse them of being direct imitators however, because Edenbridge's style is something more on the progressive side than is evident with Nightwish. Aphelion is not really the sort of album to have blasting away to keep the party going but more then kind to play later to help you chill out, as you allow the band's hypnotic melodies and soaring vocals wash over you.
That isn't to say Edenbridge are slouches when it comes to churning out a chunky riff or three now and then and even stepping into a rock-out mode on occasion, as in "Farpoint Anywhere" and "Fly at Higher Game" and the band is far from uninspired. Moment of heaviness play counterpoint to bursts of orchestration and acoustic passages and songs like "Where Silence Has Lease" have an almost eerie element. Album closer "Red Ball in Blue Sky" is where the band pulls everything together, fusing all of their musical elements together into an elborate progressive mini-epic with DC Cooper adding a distinctive vocal touch.
It may have taken three albums, but with Aphelion Edenbridge finally found its place.
- The Undiscovered Land
- Skyward
- The Final Curtain
- Perennial Dreams
- Fly at Higher Game
- As Far as Eyes Can See
- Deadend Fire
- Farpoint Anywhere
- Where Silence has Lease
- Red Ball in Blue Sky
Rating: 75%
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