TIMELESS MIRACLE — Into The Enchanted Chamber (review)

TIMELESS MIRACLE — Into The Enchanted Chamber album cover Album · 2005 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Nightfly
Formed in 2001, Timeless Miracle is a Swedish power metal band. Although I believe the band still exist and seem to be in the throes of putting together a second album, to date their only release excluding a few demos is Into The Enchanted Chamber which was released way back in 2005.

It’s difficult for me to be objective about Timeless Miracle because European power metal is not a genre I’m a big fan of with a few exceptions. The band can certainly play and the guitars of Sten Moller and Fredrik Nilsson can riff with the best of them, though surprisingly few leads. However, they could do with setting them to stun now and again but I guess that’s more the fault of the production which is a bit sterile. Drummer Kim Widfors is also a great player having the necessary chops and throwing plenty of fast double bass drum work when required. Mikael Holst has a very clean nasally voice and is a singer very much suited to power metal though lacks the raw edge for my own personal taste. Perhaps the weakest link is the keyboards which whilst they’re played well enough sound a bit cheap and naff at times.

Into The Enchanted Chamber is an album very much typical of the European style of power metal with a strong emphasis on melody of which there is no shortage here. The riffs, lacking the heaviness of the USA style of the genre will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the continental distinctions and are sugar coated with classical leanings and folk elements thrown in. Curse Of The Werewolf gets things off to a fine start but is very generic as it gallops along at a frantic pace for the most part with rolling double bass drums and sounds like something I’ve heard many times before. Still, there’s no doubt about it having a strong hook and likewise following track Witches Of Black Magic. The Devil is one of the heavier songs and I found myself really warming to it with its irresistible hook. A couple of classical infused instrumentals act as interludes though add little. The band saves the best for last with The Voyage, a 14 minute epic. This is the song that got me most engaged as being a big prog fan I’m a sucker for music with plenty of changes and this never sits still long enough to get bored with and they’ve saved some of their best riffs for this one too.

Despite as I said earlier I’m not a big fan of this type of metal and I can certainly think of better examples with more clout. However, there’s no denying that Timeless Miracle are a class band and anyone who loves European power metal should check this out. Nothing original here but then I guess that’s not the point.
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Nightfly wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Thanks Khaliq!
Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Great review, I feel the same about the keyboards. They do sound kind of flat.

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