The bulgarian mastermind of Brazen Abbot, Nikolo Kotzev is behind this amazing production. Besides the great musicians envolved in the project; Glen Huges, Joe Lynn Turner, ex Europe´s Mic Michaeli, Doogie White, Sass Jordan and so many others, what makes this album a great release is the story, the lyrics are based on Nostardamus life and prophecies. Personally I´ve been interested in Nostradamus life quite a time ago and now, with such a great album about Michel de Notredame, its just amazing. Great music with fantastic composition and outstanding vocals; every single track is delightful. Wheter you know who Nostradamus is or not, doesn´t matters. This album is good music to it´s peek. Great hard Rock tunes "á la" Deep Purple like; "The King will Die","Introduction" or the fantastic "Caugth up in a Rush" or AOR feeling tracks like "Henriette","Chosen man" or "Try to live again" (where Sass voice is just amazing) and specially the fantastic World Wars I & II make this album a masterpiece. The most important thing is that this is not a die hard metal fans album. Any person with at least a small sense of taste, will agree that this is a great hard rock album. It may be one of the hottest release of 2001 if not the best in the "rock" market (there´s been lot of great metal releases this year). So don´t hesitate and buy it now, but beware death metal fans, you may want to spend your money on a more agressive title.

Score: 9.5/10