Since you already skipped from the first part of the story to the last, why not go for Breathing Shadow first, then Closing Chronicles? Both great albums with completely unique and different atmospheres. Fucking Breathing Shadow is so dark and creepy and cool, how could one do anything but love it? And the prog-ness of the Closing Chronicles is different, I think it's my least favourite Nightingale album, but it still has good songs and everything, just doesn't appeal to me as much. It was my favourite for a while, and it may be again... it's all cyclical.
Looking forward to Still Alive sometime this year \m/