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Now we find another contrast, this time with the song Moonglow, a beautiful mid-tempo, magical, sweet and melodious, where we listen to Candice Night playing with Tobias, we will surely be happy to hear it live. The Raven Child is a song of many musical facets, vocal and choral grandiloquence, a sonorous up and down that reaches its peak when achieving a musical explosion, very much like The Scarecrow, leaving the listener in a catatonic state. With Starlight we find a simpler, faster and somewhat sweeter theme, the voice of Atkins gives it a contrasting touch. Invencible is the theme that follows that comes to calm the strength left by the previous theme. It is a ballad in the voice of Geof Tate and Tobias, accompanied by a piano that starts fading and immediately appears Alchemy, as if it were the second part of the previous song, but with a giant contrast and marking one of the best interpretations of Mr. Tate with Avantasia. With a breakthrough chorus and symphonic tints that provide a dramatic touch, making it one of the best songs on the album. Next, we have The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, with the voices of Atkins, Tate, Lande Martin and Catley. The cut of this song is a Power Metal very much in the style of the latest Avantasia albums, with an incredible vocal duel among the participating singers. The music also leaves no room for a break, between the drums, the riffs and that tremendous rhythm that forces us to shake our heads. Immediately afterwards we 10