As you see, I really don't take this record seriously. Eldritch is an Italian progressive metal faction that has turned heads around their nation of origin and some parts of the world, with "Gaia's Legacy" being their eight album. They pretty much deliver a spot-on representation of what progressive metal is supposed to be. I mean, you got the small chugs and semi-thrash touches, a good singer, verse-chorus structures, some complicated bass work, odd rhythms and geometrical guitar work swaying in and out of these algebraic themes, and some expected keys. The whole record is typical fare for progressive metal, starting the album with a prog-inspired chug and keyboards dipping in and out of the group's rhythmic pounding before Terence Holler drops his melodic, calming voice into the mix; it's pretty standard stuff overall. Eldritch knows the ins and outs of progressive metal and its associated ideas, and if you've ever heard Dream Theater or Fates Warning, then you'll easily relate to Eldritch's work throughout "Gaia's Legacy."

You could say that Eldritch's dependency on typical progressive metal leaves little to express, and there are sequential periods when the content plummets significantly into pure redundancy. The opening numbers aren't too shabby, just catchy tunes that stay loyal to the norms of progressive metal in its most calculated postulate. However, "Gaia's Legacy" desperately lacks an authentic climax or deviation from the aforementioned pattern to truly lift it beyond the passable stage, and by the time "Signs" comes along, things are pretty much unbearable and you'd have to dissect the deepest part of my memory in order for me to remember the lifelessness of the album's final chapters. And that Fates Warning cover? Not even close to the magic of the original.