The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow is a work on which Tobias Sammet arranged many singers, binding weighty metal and theatrical narrative. Each vocal is not merely a star cameo but carries the characters’ emotion and the changes of scenes. Released after several years of recharging, it is a record that becomes the opening of the “Scarecrow trilogy.” On “The Scarecrow,” “Another Angel Down” and “The Toy Master,” big choruses, keyboard color and guitar drive vividly spread a fantastical world. Star guests such as Jørn Lande, Roy Khan (ex-Kamelot) and Alice Cooper breathe life into the story. Songs like “Shelter From The Rain” and “Cry Just A Little” breathe the band’s full playing too. It is a record that showed the appeal of the metal-opera form with more mature songwriting.