{"id":31535,"date":"2026-09-02T09:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=31535"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:12:35","slug":"avaland-face-the-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/avaland-face-the-eternal\/","title":{"rendered":"AVALAND &#8211; Face the Eternal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AVALAND&#8217;s &#8220;Face The Eternal&#8221; begins with whispering vocals and elegant neoclassical synths before progressing to a massive, epic orchestration featuring symphonic and neoclassical themes. The contrast between the gentle opening and the powerful music creates a cinematic, fantasy-like atmosphere. The layered vocals also give dimension, with different voices working together to create the impression of a grand musical journey. The music draws inspiration from Queensr\u00ffche&#8217;s progressive metal and Rhapsody&#8217;s symphonic scale. The stronger death-metal vocals add aggression inspired\u00a0by\u00a0Arch Enemy. The combination of beauty and heaviness gives the song a dynamic identity, moving between melodic times and more dramatic moments. The synth solo at 3:04 provides an intriguing progressive direction that fits perfectly within the power-metal structure. From there, the arrangement continues to maintain its energy and attitude, guiding the listener to the conclusion. Overall, &#8220;Face The Eternal&#8221; is a strong and dramatic metal piece that combines neoclassical elegance, power-metal beauty, progressive elements, and extreme vocals to create a\u00a0fantasy-driven experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AVALAND - Face The Eternal (Official Lyrics Video) - feat. Helle Bohdanova &amp; Joost van den Broek\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIoJfKpcX7Q?start=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/avaland.metal.opera\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/avaland.metal.opera<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avaland_metal_opera?igsh=YXdjNGw2MW1haTdn\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avaland_metal_opera?igsh=YXdjNGw2MW1haTdn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AVALAND&#8217;s &#8220;Face The Eternal&#8221; begins with whispering vocals and elegant neoclassical synths before progressing to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4957,155,528],"class_list":["post-31535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-avaland","tag-power-metal","tag-symphonic-metal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31536,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31535\/revisions\/31536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}