The Premonition

The Premonition is a work on which, centered on Gus G.’s flowing guitar and Apollo Papathanasio’s powerful singing, FIREWIND tightened melodic power metal. Even in fast songs the main melody is clear, and the riffs and choruses give each other momentum. It is a record that showed the band’s representative virtues at high completion. On “Into the Fire,” “Mercenary Man” and “The Silent Code,” within dramatic song developments there is also a hard-rock simplicity, so accessibility and technique are balanced. Songs like “Head Up High” and “Circle of Life” breathe the band’s full playing too. Around this period, Gus G. also achieved joining Ozzy Osbourne’s band. It is a highly complete record that shows the band’s fullness.