AVALAND – Theater Of Sorcery (2021)
Entitled ”Theater Of Sorcery”, the debut album from AVALAND – a project written and composed by 22-year-old prodigy Adrien G. Gzagg – is a theatrical metal adventure that tells the story of a young sorcerer Adam Wilstorm who could be the salvation of bringing back the light to the kingdom of Avaland and during his journey, he must learn to control his powers linked to the Storm.
If you think Gzagg still is too young, late in the 80s, a Progressive Metal group initially known as Majesty released their debut album When Dream And Day Unite, a band now known as Dream Theater. The legendary founding members such as John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy were around their 22 at the time their first album saw the daylight.
Here are Avaland with their debut album ”Theater Of Sorcery”. Perhaps the Dream Theater analogy has been pointed out for a reason.
”Theater Of Sorcery” is very likely to be one of the hottest releases of 2021 – even though it has not even been half way through yet, featuring musicians such as Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Zak Stevens (Savatage), Stéphan Forté (Adagio), and more.
It is like a mixture of Melodic Metal, Progressive Metal, Classical Music and Metal Opera where nergy and passion are omnipresent and abound. Beautiful and sophisticated melodies combined with heavy riffs and…
