While I’ve always struggled with some of the band’s earlier works, I’ve been very pleased with their past three releases, especially Maximum Overload, and so I always look forward to hearing more from them. Jokes aside, though, while the band is certainly an acquired taste, they picked up a rather large fan base over the years, releasing seven albums to date, with each of them being highly enjoyable. With that said, there are various uses of folkie acoustic guitar passages that are incorporated for rhythm and lead, classical piano, and the typical electric guitar and electric keyboards from Gimi and Arwe when you least expect it.Īs a conclusion, there’s really not much to say for individual songs for this album, because all it is an instrumental album that features musical characteristics that have been cherry-picked from bands like Dragonforce, Stratovarius, Wintersun, etc… However, Tilualnd isn’t exactly an average band, let alone possibly creating an average debut? Instead the two talented members of Tiluland showcase superb musicianship, a stellar debut that will be replayed quite a bit from a lot of people, that is, if people give them the chance they rightfully deserve.“Extreme” and “Power Metal” generally aren’t words one would expect to see placed together, as the genre is generally known to be on the light, catchy and fun side of things, as far as metal goes, and yet one band has deemed themselves as being so daring, so adventurous and so far ahead of the pack, that their music is worthy of being called “Extreme Power Metal.” That band is, of course, British band Dragonforce, who has always been a very divisive band, most notably for the fact that their first big success came when their song “Through the Fire and the Flames” was included in Guitar Hero III. As a listener, you’ll soon realize that the two members of the band, Gimi and Arwe, focus on tone and melody rather than speed and pure shred. If and when you can survive the “Tilu of the Kings” and proceed to the others soon realize (if you haven’t already) there are no vocal parts at all during the close to 40 minute duration of the album. Have no fear, you’ll be as surprised as I was at first you’ll be amazed and be tickled in the slightest and actually want to keep listening just to see how the song turns out till the end, because it seems too good to be true. Incase this may seem fishy and a possible turnoff from the Dragonforce comparison. In the very first seconds of “Tilu of the Kings” we hear what appears to be a Dragonforce-esque melodic guitar riff, but there’s a catch: the opening section is slow enough to keep up with (because we all know Dragonforce speed can be extremely annoying). However, that’s still not a legitimate excuse to stop listening.
At the very begging of the album we see a standard intro that has a non-surprising characteristic that many bands like to incorporate the use of an “Epic” symphony of sorts. The only problem with Tiluland’s success is if people come across them and label them without listening. Tiluland may seem just like another boring old power metal band that has zero of a chance to make it within the top tier of power, and instead stay in the dark corners of the internet to never be found again. What is most bold of all is the new stylistic approach to the ever-expanding fantasy themed genre: an instrumental album out of all things Finnish wankery out of all things too! In addition, if you happen to be familiar in the slightest with the Finnish power metal scene, then you know that there is going to be many, many keyboard solos in the style of Jens Johansson as well as neo-classical guitar shredding. It is no surprise either with the success of the genre memorable melodies, sing-along choruses, and blazing fast solos made the power metal genre what it is today. Stratovarius focused on space more so than their counterparts, Avantasia focused on Metal Operas, Rhapsody (of Fire) focused on something they created, and the list keeps going on and on.
Ever since the conception of famous acts and their spectacular debuts from Helloween, Blind Guardian or even, dare I say, Dragonforce (just a joke), there has always been a wave of new forms of fantasy-based themes.
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