They (especially the last albums) are pretty good, but a little bit too progressive - or better - they focussed too much on progressivity (is that a word? *LOL*) and forgot to do some cool melodylines and refrains. However.
Crusader has been written by Saxon.
Rhapsody ROCK.. though they are starting to repeat themselves. BUt the best album was the Solo-project of the Rhapsody Guitarist Luca Turilli "Kings of the Nordic Twilight" - man that rocked!!!
I wonder if those bands are well known in america too.. i mean bands like Rhapsody, GammaRay, BlindGuardian, Haggard, etc..
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