Beautiful Death was my indoctrination into Wintersun.

“Storms are raging on the path to home, once so silent and calm!”

I was trying to get home in a sense too when I discovered this album and storms were raging all around me. I lost my job and then my house.

“And when the illusions sigh no more, the journey to new dream will carry on”

I’m still waiting for the illusions to sigh no more and I’m currently pursuing a new journey.

I was born and raised in Maine and know the signs of Winter Madness. Perhaps not as well as Jari but there have been times I felt like the cover art.

This is a solid album with many different elements and layers. The guitars are spectacular. Kai is a monster behind the drum kit. This album is in my top 10.

Here is the track listing...

1. Beyond The Dark Sun
2. Winter Madness
3. Sleeping Stars
4. Battle Against Time
5. Death And The Healing
6. Starchild
7 .Beautiful Death
8. Sadness And Hate

Platty's Editor Note: I wonder how much time will take place before another solid release? Well, this album gets 4 out of 5 squirts of my venom!