I pre-ordered it from Amazon.com (final price: $7.99, or about two beers in real money ;-), but it hasn't arrived yet. It certainly doesn't seem to be living up to the expectations.
And from what I hear, Jim's got competition in the recycling department. A lot of Savatage material [disclaimer: I'm a Savatage-fanboy] is said to be re-appropriated. The Mountain is based on their version of Hall of the Mountain King, two instrumental pieces are based on Mozart & Madness, Believe is a flat-out cover, and there are more pieces here and there.
> Wanted to ask you about it yesterday! I also had mixed
> feelings while listening to it. Too much recycling, too
> much weak vocal work. Too repetitive and all in all too
> uninspired music wise. Nonetheless they offer some
> highlights. But 1 CD definitely would have been enough!
>
> Beethovenīs Last Night is much better and tighter IMO.
>
> Markus
>
> > In short, not exactly thrilled, too much recycling. O
> > Fortuna has been done better by others.
> > All in all Therion: the Miskolc Experience and a number of
> > other releases that lately came from Scandinavia are way
> > superior.
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