Hereafter

Magica | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Locomotive Spain
• ASIN: B0017R5TU6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,620 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All Waters Have the Colour of Drowning

2. Turn to Stone

3. Through Wine

4. No Matter What

5. Entangled

6. This Is Who I Am

7. Weight of the World

8. Energy for the Gods

9. Shallow Grave

10. I Remember a Day

11. Into Silence

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Romania's answer to Nightwish, July 16, 2008

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hereafter (Audio CD)

Hereafter is the third release from Romanian metal band Magica, another in the growing legion of female-fronted metal bands that are attempting to follow in Nightwish's path to success. Magica is probably a tier below bands like After Forever and Epica, who since Nightwish's split with vocalist Tarja Turunen are arguably the genre's premiere acts.

Stylistically, Magica's sound brings to mind a mix of Nightwish circa Century Child and especially Austrian band Edenbridge. The keyboards have that Lanvall sound, and vocalist Ana Mladinovici's voice is similar to Sabine Edelsbacher's in that it's not overly operatic. This definitely works in Magica's favor with me, as I tend to tune out when the vocals go too far into opera territory. The music on hereafter is very melodic and relies on a heavy use of keyboards. The symphonic elements are kept to a minimum, and also come via keyboard. Essentially, this is everything you expect to hear in an album in this particular genre, with no real surprises (and no male vocals either).

It's nothing you haven't heard before, but Hereafter is still a very solid release that should appeal to those who love the old Nightwish sound.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gothic music from Romania!, May 11, 2009

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Shiloh Kremer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hereafter (Audio CD)

Current members (2009)

Ana Mladinovici - Vocals

Bogdan "Bat" Costea - Guitars

Sorin Vlad - Bass

6Fingers - Keyboards

Hertz - drums

Excellent album! Hereafter is the third album from the Romanian power metal band Magica.

Vocalist Ana Mladinovici has a similiar style to Sabine Edelsbacher of Edenbridge. Epic style songs with stories of spells and the inner struggle to save one's soul creates an intense and eerie feeling.

This is a five star album-