Well, LANFEAR  is a Prog/power Metal quintet from Germany and - taking into account the great music tradition of this country, including some very skillful and legendary Prog bands - I was expecting to dig this material. To my vast disappointment, I quite did not.
 
This one, being full of some Power metal cliches, with 11 very typical and more-Power-than-Progressive Metal tracks, failed to impress me. There are some not bad riffs but on the whole I'm sorry to say that the guitar work is not good at all. Especially the soloing part is really below average and sadly in this genre some decent shredding or at least clever soloing is awfully needed. Also, the keyboards could give something to the final result, since they are apt to use electronic sounds rather than the usual rapid harpsichord thingies and they certainly have their moments.
 
However, they do not always fit the songs well and this might also be due to the production which although mostly clear, is not as balanced as it should. The rhythm section also does its job and the vocals are not bad at all, being in the well-known high-pitched spirit of this genre. Yet, the vocal lines and the songwriting on the whole are not strong enough, I fear.