Bio neki pre-listening party, neki lik sa Edguy foruma je bio tamo, evo utisci:
Robin Hood
The album starts with a mid-tempo song that sounds so typically Edguy as it can get. Powerful choirs and keyboards, the middle part is a bit calmer, almost spherical, and contains something like a little audio play where you can hear battle noises and alike in the background, you feel put into a respective scene -corresponding to the title- in a deep, dark forest and Tobi slips into a kind of narrative chanting. Then the song turns hard again with an Edguy trademark refrain. This song easily could have been on the Hellfire Club as well, and I could observe pleased nods from the journalists.
Nobody's Hero
It's quite a fast song which in parts even comes across as aggressive. The bridge lets you prick up your ears, the song lives from the changes of mood from melodic to aggressive. A very dynamic piece of music.
Rock Of Cashel
A very rocking start which encourages you to bang your head. The refrain gets something fresh by the keyboards in the background and the middle part with flutes, lutes etc. and a Celtic touch transfers you to the medieval age. This is really lively, it is fun, and the medieval mood continues for the remainder of the song.
Pandora's Box
It starts with a Country-/ Western sound which all in all is a bit more "evi" than the other songs. Very great refrain, almost anthemic. This song has got the blues and the country rock which later turns up again is just fun. Quite a long song and I just can't get the grin off my face. In my opinion the best song so far! It is probably the most uncommon song on this album but at the same time one of the best!
Breathe
A really fast start with guitars and keyboards, the sound shoots to your feet immediately and you are tempted to tap your feet and move your head. That' how we want to hear Edguy! This is the fastest song so far, the speed only slows down a bit during the solo and then in the middle part where you only hear vocals and guitars. Then the hard stuff is back on. Very melodic and just breathtaking! Also one of my favourites.
Two Out Of Seven
A mid-tempo song with a slightly "trendy" start but then it gets almost progressive. For me it's the song which is most difficult to categorize, somehow I can't find a real access yet. The lyrics seem to be about album critics in music magazines and at the end there is a sample of Tobi's typical Humour.
Fire on the downline
It's got a very calm beginning which lets you expect a ballad. However, the song evelops into a pretty rocking one with just temporary ballad-like background. The refrain sounds almost like a typical power ballad but overall the song is much too hard to be classified as such. At the end it even gets really heavy.
Behind The Gates To Midnight World
This song sounds really dark and evil! Very heavy with calmer parts here and there. The "evil" sound gets moderated from time to time, just like in the very melodic, almost melancholic refrain, just to give you the real blast again immediately thereafter. Fantastic! Tobi in this song changes his singing style often and shows the variance of his voice and what he's able to do with it. Sometimes he sings evil and dark, then again light and clear. The solo sounds almost spherical and at the end there's a small progressive touch to the sound. That will puzzle all the headbangers, hehe! A great song, also one of my favourites.
"Age Of The Joker" offers a great mixture of styles and it unbelievably versatile, there are some small or even bigger surprises and the album lives from all the different influences. Tobi all in all sings less low-pitched, less "evil" than on Tinnitus Sanctus, but with more variety. The whole album is really diversified and shows a dazzling array that I did not expect. I am really thrilled! Prepare yourself for something!
Most likely in total there will be nine songs on the album and we were allowed to listen to the eight described above (which hadn't been mastered but that didn't reduce the pleasure at all!).
E da, poslednja je trebala da bude , bila na setlisti, ali je ipak nisu svirali.