The Oracle [Import]

Ring of Fire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Frontiers Italy
• ASIN: B00005S6N2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,531 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prelude for the Oracle

2. Circle of Time

3. Shadow in the Dark

4. Vengeance for Blood

5. Samurai

6. City of the Dead

7. Dreams of Empire

8. The Oracle

9. Interlude

10. Land of Illusion

11. Take Me Home

12. Face the Fire

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of 2001 release. Includes one exclusive bonus track, 'Sakura Sakura'. 13 tracks in all. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insane shredding-tiresome vocals, December 27, 2001

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sweepking "guitarist and homebrewer" (Mililani, HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of mindboggling neoclassical shredding, this cd belongs in your collection. Being a fan of Yngwie, Symphony X, and others, I knew that any cd that has George Bellas and Vitalij Kuprij playing together on it would be one to have. The musicianship here is astounding-both of these guys play their respective instruments with amazing speed and precision. The addition of Mark Boals on the vocals reminds me of Yngwie's early days on works such as Trilogy and more recently Alchemy. The drumming and bass surpass the work on those, adding more punch to the shredfest. The only knock I have on this cd are the somewhat shallow, Trilogy-esque lyrics and Boals' vocals. He has amazing range, but he sounds so sterile when he sings. I just don't here much emotion and the lyrics do not help this. I would put this ahead of Yngwie's latest due to better production and wilder solos (particularly the keyboards), but this band needs to work on the lyrics and/or total song arrangement to start to compete with newer neoclassical bands like Symphony X or Adagio.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent musicians, nothing new..., August 25, 2002

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RCA "drums9" (San Jose, Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oracle (Audio CD)

Being a drummer, Virgil Donati is one of my heroes...when i heard about this band, i immediately bought both albums, and i must say that its a kind of music not new (tends to power metal) but played by excellent musicians: Donati`s playing is impecable as always, Mark Boals voice kicks [bottom], Philip Benoy is totally stuck to Donati`s feet, the guitars sound pretty good and lots of keyboards...Power metal is not my favorite style of music, but i can definitely hear this..