Wisdom
After a long absence, Altaria return with Wisdom, a record that presents bright Scandinavian melodic-metal lines alongside approachable hard-rock warmth.
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Track List
- Wisdom
- Diablo Rojo
- Without Warning
- Kissed by the Flame
- Power to Heal
- Sometimes
- Victory of Winter
- History of Times to Come
- Lost in Time
- Crimson Rain
- Kingdom of the Night
Liner Notes
Wisdom, released on 8 July 2022 by Reaper Entertainment, is the comeback. The label calls it the sixth album. It looks like the fifth in this database only because Divine Invitation (2008) is missing from the run; the label's count is the correct one.
In 2019 the band came back with what they call their most successful line-up: Taage Laiho, Marko Pukkila, Tony Smedjebacka and Jani Liimatainen — the people who made Divinity in 2004. The new album was meant for their twentieth anniversary, but the state of the world did not allow it; by the band's account it took over two years to finish. After a break that long, they said, it is hard to know what to expect of yourselves, but it really felt like the work had paid off. They produced it themselves and recorded it in their own studio. Ten songs, including a re-recording of "History of Times to Come", with a cover of Axxis's "Kingdom of the Night" added on the Japanese edition.