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Rulers of a Burning World - A 'Theater of Dimensions' Review

I know what you're thinking here at this moment. This is a review, isn't it? Yes, it very well is... Do you happen to know a Symphonic power metal band out of Germany? Well, everyone knows about Avantasia, the legendary Blind Guardian, Accept, Grave Digger, Leaves' Eyes (I'll be seeing them open for Sabaton this April), Primal Fear, Helloween, Powerwolf... you know those ones already. What I am really talking about is a band called "Xandria". I first discovered this band when I was looking up stuff on YouTube, and it was the song "In Love with the Darkness" that I stumbled upon in a tribute to a villain in the show MLP:FIM. Other than that song, I only ever heard "Fight Me". Both songs being from their album "India". That was during the time when they had Lisa Middelhauve as their singer and she sounded so beautiful. When I was on vacation in the US in the summer of 2012, I actually tried to find "India" at the F