{"id":389,"date":"2026-03-07T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/theoutcast\/theoutcast\/reviews\/labyrinth-freeman\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:09:59","slug":"labyrinth-freeman","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/reviews\/labyrinth-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Labyrinth &#8211; &#8220;Freeman&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This power metal band is catchy and melodic, which is good, but normal and expected. This is one of the few power metal bands from Italy that gets some  press here and there in North America. As power metal goes, there&#8217;s not much  to be negative about, since they have the songs and melody required for the  style. They are not great, like Lost Horizon or Sonata Arctica, but they are  good. 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