Grey Heavens

It is the band's last album with Lifeforce, as they would later sign a deal with Century Media Records (which released Grey Heavens in America) for subsequent releases, as well as their last with longtime drummer Jarmo Pikka, who initially left temporarily for a paternity leave, with Tuomo Latvala filling in, but eventually, Pikka's departure was made permanent and Latvala was promoted to being a full-time member. == Reception ==

Grey Heavens received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. However, Andy Synn of No Clean Singing criticised the album, saying that while "it positively crackles with the band's patented musical magic, driven by the same passion and energy that made The Redshift, New World Shadows, and Beyond such thrilling, electrifying albums, ably accented by characteristic tinges of proggy melancholy and shamelessly extravagant fretboard theatrics", the album "limps rather than gallops along, with a much more uneven gait, hamstrung and prevented from reaching its full potential by a nagging feeling of over-familiarity and a sense of "been there, done that" which lingers like a vaguely unpleasant odour." == Track listing ==

• Jukka Pelkonen – lead vocals • Markus Vanhala – lead guitar • Joonas "Jope" Koto – rhythm guitar, clean vocals • Aapo Koivisto – keyboards • Erkki Silvennoinen – bass • Jarmo Pikka – drums Production • Produced by Markus Vanhala and Teemu Aalto • Mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö • Artwork by Olli Lappalainen == References ==