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Disappointing - makes the debut album look like a masterpiec

John | Greece | 06/27/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Truly disappointing follow up to a strong debut. While IMO Masterplan's debut album wasn't a masterpiece, it was strong, melodic, hard, varying and contained some truly amazing tracks. 'Aeronautics' is very predictable, less melodic, more metal (mostly due to lot's of double-bass drumming) and uninspired concerning songwriting and lyrics. Even Jorn's vocals which were truly great on the debut album sound weak, bored and kind of buried in the mix. The lyrics also try too hard to be radio friendly and catchy and thus fail. There are of course some noteworthy songs such as 'Crimson Rider', 'Wounds' and 'Back In The Burn' but nothing mind blowing. All in all much weaker compared to it's predecessor on all aspects including production. No wonder why Jorn and Uli left the band after this release..."