The Story Remains

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The Story Remains
Studio album by
Fairyland
Released13 June 2025
Genre Symphonic power metal
Length65:07
Label Frontiers
Fairyland chronology
Osyrhianta
(2020)		The Story Remains
(2025)
Singles from The Story Remains
  1. "A New Dawn"
    Released: 7 March 2025 [1]
  2. "To Stars and Beyond"
    Released: 8 April 2025 [2]
  3. "Karma"
    Released: 13 May 2025 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Dead Rhetoric8/10 [4]
The Metal Crypt4/5 [5]
Metal Express Radio7.5/10 [6]
Metal.de 6/10 [7]
Metalitalia.com6/10 [8]
Rock Hard 6.5/10 [9]

The Story Remains is the fifth studio album by French symphonic power metal band Fairyland. It was released by Frontiers Records on 22 May 2020. It is their first studio album without founding keyboardist Philippe Giordana who died in 2022. [10] [11] It is also their first album with keyboardist Gideon Ricardo, guitarist Brieuc de Groof, and vocalist Archie Caine. [12]

Contents

A lyric video was made for "To Stars and Beyond", [13] followed by a music video for "Karma". [14]

Track listing

  1. "Downfall" – 1:52
  2. "To Stars and Beyond" – 5:28
  3. "Karma" – 4:17
  4. "A New Dawn" – 4:50
  5. "We Shall Hunt the Sun" – 0:54
  6. "Hopeless Still" – 5:28
  7. "Samsara" – 4:40
  8. "Unity" – 5:30
  9. "Council of the Gods" – 2:19
  10. "The Chosen Ones" – 5:46
  11. "Unbreakable" – 10:14
  12. "Postscript" – 8:37
  13. "Suffering Ages" (Hamka cover) – 5:12

Personnel

Guest musicians

References

  1. ↑ "FAIRYLAND: New single "A New Dawn"". Metalitalia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "FAIRYLAND: The video for "To Stars and Beyond" from their new album "The Story Remains"". Metalitalia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "FAIRYLAND: The video for the new song "Karma"". Metalitalia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Fairyland – The Story Remains (Frontiers Music)". Dead Rhetoric. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Metal Crypt - Review of Fairyland - The Story Remains". Metal Crypt. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Fairyland - The Story Remains". Metal Express Radio. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Kleemann, Jannik (10 July 2025). "Fairyland - The Story Remains". metal.de. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "FAIRYLAND – The Story Remains". Metalitalia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "The Story Remains - RockHard". Rock Hard . Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Fairyland: è morto Philippe Giordana". metalitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "FAIRYLAND - Mastermind Philippe Giordana has passed away". Rock Hard . 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Fairyland: il nuovo cantate". metalitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "FAIRYLAND Announces The Story Remains Album; "To Stars And Beyond" Lyric Video Streaming". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "FAIRYLAND Share New Single And Music Video "Karma"". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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