Hellfire Club is actually my favorite album of the year so far. Edguy to me is a great heavy metal band who like to have fun. The album has some killer stuff like "Mysteria", "King Of Fools", and "Navigator". Sure the ballads are a bit cheesy but what else do you expect from a good ol power metal band. Also the Sayer you say its too heavy to be prog. Edguy isn't meant to be prog and has always been a straight foward power metal band. I think they are one of the best fresh bands to emerge in the 90's and be playing strong today. I feel Edguy along with the likes of Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Hammerfall etc. will be the bands that are the future of heavy metal and the next generation of Iron Maiden's, Saxon's, Judas Priest's and Dio's.