?Classics? of power metal #8: KAMELOT - Epica (2003), early impressions
Past exposure to this band/record: As mentioned before, I had a moment with Austrian symphonic-power-proggers Serenity * around the time of their first two records, at which time anything written about them involved a comparison to Kamelot. So, with my limited piggy bank money - after getting confused and spending a little time with Katatonia, a very different sort of interesting metal band - I ended up grabbing a copy of Ghost Opera . I liked it quite a bit, even if it wasn't an all-timer, and still find myself humming "Rule The World" from time to time. But then Poetry For The Poisoned just somehow failed to grab me, and not for lack of trying. So I drifted away from all things Kamelot, until now. It sounds like some would argue I picked the right time to jump off that train, but since I never really rode it much to begin with, this is a great opportunity! I'm a classifier when it comes to music just because there's so ...