The overall sound is quite powerful, with the vocals and guitars especially sounding great, though I do think the mixing is maybe slightly off, with the keys often being fully buried and overshadowed, to the point where I needed to wear headphones to be fully sure they were even there on certain tracks, or if I was imagining them (they are there, just to be clear.) For the most part, this is a more guitar-driven album, with some pretty heavy riffs from time to time, lots of fast playing, and some fantastic melodies throughout, as well as some fairly simple but very nice sounding guitar solos. Neuhauser is in top form as always, his voice is as smooth, powerful, and charming as ever, while Pastorino excels both with his very melodic, often beautiful guitar work, as well as adding in some of his intense, powerful supporting vocals in quick bursts, as he often does with his main band. Moving away from comparisons, though, what matters is whether or not Terranova is an enjoyable album in its own right, and in that regard, I’d say it’s a huge success. Which isn’t to say the music here is exactly predictable, either: There is quite a bit going on, but for the most part it falls into either power metal or melodic metal territory, without any attempts at extreme metal elements, trance, or anything else experimental. In the end, I’d say Terranova strikes somewhat of a middle ground, generally having a much more modern, less symphonic sound than Serenity, while also being much more power metal-based than Temperance overall, as well as not being quite as varied or genre-bending as the latter. I was curious to see exactly what kind of sound Fallen Sanctuary would go for since Serenity has a fairly traditional symphonic power metal sound, which has evolved somewhat over the years, but generally stayed close to a classic Euro power metal sound, while Temperance has more of a modern melodic metal style, with some power metal elements, so I was curious to see whether this new band would lean more towards one style or another, or do its own thing entirely. After several listens I can safely say, Terranova, is well worth getting excited about, as it does a great job of incorporating elements from existing bands, while also doing enough to stand strong as its beast. Needless to say, when I saw the promo for their debut Terranova pop up in my inbox, and read who was involved, my curiosity gave in and I instantly decided to give it a listen and see what it was all about.
It’s even more exciting when it happens to be two key members of two of my all-time favorite bands in their respective genres, which is the case with the new band Fallen Sanctuary, formed by Serenity vocalist Georg Neuhauser and Temperance vocalist/guitarist Marco Pastorino. It’s always exciting seeing members of two or more of my favorite bands working together.
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