The
majestic, large-scale story of a white African queen who made herself immortal
by bathing in a pillar of fire, She
embraces themes of life, death, reincarnation, sexuality and fate via
progressive-metal, symphonic-rock, classical-music and even borderline-pop
motifs.
By
integrating multiple singers who engage in dynamic vocal interplay (including
Nolan, Pallas’ Alan Reed, Magenta’s Christina Booth and newcomer Agnieszka
Swita in the title role), a tight band of musicians that sound as if they’ve
been playing together for years and, of course, a choir that swells at all the
right times, She was bound to be
pretentious and rather preachy. But it also is so impeccably performed, and
loaded with catchy hooks and choruses, that it’s easy to overlook She’s pomposity.
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