I feel deeply attached to female vocals, I can’t deny. Also am I a great fan of violins and violinists. But most of all my favourite is sympho metal! No wonder I’ve been waiting for A War of Our Own a long time. Even though the expectations set were high, the album lived up to them.

Somewhere between the vortical drums and the explosive guitars I’ve lost the idea of places, ambiences, people and so on. Some time later I realised that in academical environment the singing and air-guitar-playing alongside with the essential table drumming are not very well accepted. Therefore only my innter self was able to chime with Marcela Bovio, Eric Hazebroek and Martijn Peters.

In A War of Our Own there is a lot that one can find far more than just satisfying. The Darker Days Era is behind the band. Now the only thing standing in front of them is an unfamiliar enemy. This aggregation of thirteen battles is the most resounding fire I’ve ever attended. Monster formulates the strategy – melodic but tense; only based upon it I can judge what will be the final result. A War of Our Own is the first quiet attack, after it – the inspiring The Curse. The short respite is represented by Autophobia. Out of Burning Star are raining shrapnels while Delirio and Exile are two time bombs. Earthquake is a shot in the head, followed by the ostendible withdrawal Secrets.

The second assault prostrates the enemies with unsuspected power – the six-minute long Don’t Let Go is both a silent offense and a lethal ending, but Out of the Darkness calls a halt of the fierce fights. The Distance Between shows us it’s high time we left the battlefield.

The winners are, undoubtedly, Stream of Passion.

8/10