Narnia is finally back with a new album. This excellent Swedish melodic metal band comes with different accents on The Great Fall. It's an album with a diversity of styles. There's a catchy power metal track (The Countdown Has Begun) right after the introduction. Then follows a thrash influenced song (Back From Hell). Progressive metal comes round in No Time To Lose. Each of these songs has the distinctive Narnia sound with the excellent guitar playing from Carl Johan Grimmark and the vocals of Christian Rivel (previously known as Christian Liljegren) as important factors. There are guest appearances of Anders Johansson of Hammerfall and Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine. The last person can be heard in the epic song The Great Fall Of Man that ends this album. This final song is really wonderful. It sounds like a mix of Saviour Machine, Veni Domine and Narnia. There's also a choir in it. Unfortunately the song ends abruptly as if someone pulls out the plug. This must have a symbolic meaning though I would've preferred it dying away slowly. Now it leaves me craving for more. Hopefully it won't be a two year wait again!
