DIONYSUS – Anima Mundi    Label: AFM Release: January 19th 2004 By: Alex Points: 8,5 Time: 47:18 Style: Power Metal URL: Dionysus   Second output from this Swedish-German troop, featuring wondervoice Olaf Hayer (Luca Turilli), and what's on offer is nothing but quality metal. Anyone who enjoyed the first album Sign Of Truth is going to drool over this too. The musicians of the band that got its name from the Greek god of wine are 100% professional when it comes to handling their instruments, and the songs are a healthy mix of mid-tempo, up-tempo, tralala, and included, too, is the obligatory ballad called Forever More. The sound is impressive, and Johnny Öhlin's (guitar, also Nation) guitar tricks are not of this world. Favourite tracks would be Divine, titletrack Anima Mundi and Closer To The Sun, and even Bringer Of War can be added to the list after having listened to this song a few times, which says something about the diversity of this band, since I normally prefer the speedier tracks. I'd like to see the band live and observe the feelings that surely will arise when they play this one live - 'cause in my ears it's a perfect live track. For fans of metal of the German school – go and give it a spin!