Like we already know from the first review to The Soul That Never Dies on Nocturnal Hall we can hear on The Equal Spirit majestic Power Metal, which seems to cry Nightwish at every second. The female singer is therefore of course a very important member of the band and masters her role very, very good. She gives the songs with her impressing voice a lot of character and emotions and hasn’t to hide herself in comparison to Tarja.
The CD has not, as we could possibly expect, a very Asian touch at it. It is more a dim, exotic shimmer in the music, than a strong folk inspired piece of music.
Musically the songs are woven around the voice, which flows like an angel throughout the CD. In spite of that, the songs are tightly played on the point, which is very unusual when we see, that the songs are very long. Obviously the male singing has become better since the last time and sets a very good contrast to the female singing with its rough voice.
Because of the fact, that in the first place Nightwish fans are served her very well, I can’t recommend the CD to anyone else, but fans of the Finnish band will find here certainly stuff for them, as long as there is nothing new from the north.

Seraphim