The EP tells the story of a witch's curse and the battle of one man to free his beloved from the effects of the curse. The characters are Cyrian, the protagonist who is sent to kill his father Enki in order to lift the curse. But Enki, after a protracted battle, decides he will not kill his son and decides to lift the curse instead. And so Cyrian returns to the witch's lair in order to reclaim his beloved Isabella. It is an incredibly detailed and ambitious story and shocking that it is something original written by the band. It is also not finally resolved, leaving open the possibility that a sequel could be coming.
Musically, Dream Tröll's sound on this one is a style of heavy metal that has influences from power metal and doom metal. There are frequent guitar solos and keyboard lines as well as gang vocals. There is a lot going on musically here, but it is the storytelling that is really the key to this release. I mentioned the theatricality previously. The vocals are delivered in different styles depending on the character's point of view.
I fell for this EP the first time I heard it and that has not lessened ever since. I have checked out Dream Tröll's other releases. Unfortunately, those releases, while quite good in their own rights, are missing the theatricality and story-telling that is present on this one. They are much more typical power metal releases while this one skirts the line with hard rock. This is one of the greatest rock opera concept albums metal has seen in quite some time.
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