Vision Divine

NorthTale – Welcome to Paradise Review

By Eldritch Elitist on August 14, 2019 in 2019, International Metal, Nuclear Blast, Power Metal, Reviews, Power Metal, 19 comments

“I’d like to think that AMG writers listen to an album many more times than the average music critic before penning a review. We all own records that grew on us exponentially, whether through casual or critical listening, and we know full well that it’s impossible to decipher the full scope of a work upon first exposure. Except, of course, for the times where that’s totally possible. From the very first notes of NorthTale’s debut, their mission statement of resurrecting power metal’s glory days is laid plain, with multiple rotations failing to unearth compositional complexity or deeper motives.” Power outage.

Secret Sphere – The Nature of Time Review

By Eldritch Elitist on June 13, 2017 in 2017, Frontiers Records, Italian Metal, Power Metal, Reviews, Power Metal, 38 comments

“It’s no secret that Secret Sphere hasn’t seen a lot of love over their twenty year career. On top of being snubbed from AMG’s most prestigious of lists, their distinctly Italian take on the Euro-power formula has never come close to breaking away from second-rate status, and the band itself isn’t entirely free from blame.” And now, a blamestorming session.

DGM – The Passage [Things You Might Have Missed 2016]

By Eldritch Elitist on January 5, 2017 in 2016, Frontiers Records, Italian Metal, Power Metal, Things You Might Have Missed 2016, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, 44 comments

“Italy’s litany of exports are unmistakably intertwined with the country’s culture; one look at a Fiat or an Armani suit and my intuition immediately tips me off that it’s a product of pizza-pasta land, even if I can’t quite place what makes the item in question distinctly Italian. The same applies to DGM.” It’s all in the seasoning.

Vision Divine – Destination Set to Nowhere Review

By Angry Metal Guy on September 13, 2012 in 2.5, 2012, EarMusic records, Italian Metal, Power Metal, Reviews, 7 comments

When I was an Angry Metal Lad I discovered what was then the burgeoning europower scene in the late 90s early aughts. Deeply influenced by the likes of Rage, Helloween, and Stratovarius I began to be taken in by any band that had a lot of double bass, virtuoso keyboard and guitar solos and a dude who sang moderately operatically but wasn’t too annoying. This held me over for a long time, discovering bands that still stick with me to today as some of my favorites including [Luca Turilli’s] Rhapsody [of Fire], Blind Guardian, Sonata Arctica and myriads of others (as well as their aforementioned influences). But like any scene, this one had its boundaries and excesses and after a while I started to get bored. In that process, I missed Vision Divine – an Italian power metal band that includes Rhapsody’s vocalist Fabio Lione who released their first record in 1999.