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This might come as a surprise to many Americans, but just as so many '80s glam
bands (
,
, etc.) have continued to tour and release LPs long after their prime, so does a large contingent of European groups from roughly the same time frame -- though one can confidently say those across the pond are nowhere near as decadent as their American counterparts. These are acts of mostly German origin:
, and for our purposes here,
, who had an important hand in classic
's transition into
by way of
, and which, because they never quite nailed that formula as well as others, eventually reverted to a more traditional, though still hybrid style of what is frequently dubbed "legacy"
.
's career exemplifies this trajectory as well as any, and following a pair of distinctly thrashier efforts spurred by the arrival of former
guitarist
, 2005's
-- the band's 11th studio album -- marks a return to that "vintage"
sound. This is characterized by the memorably anthemic choruses of the
and
(which tears down and rebuilds
's
riff), majestic dual guitar harmonies (
), a few galloping
exercises (
), yes, and as if you hadn't already noticed, frequent lyrical allusions to
's final hours (the title track,
etc.), though bandleader
stressed that this is not a full concept album. Wrap it all up with a suitably dramatic power
called
and you have a textbook example of European
, begging the inevitable question: why mess with a winning formula? Why indeed. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia