"Somewhere Far Beyond" experimented with keyboards, orchestrations and folk elements, with the latter manifesting itself in the group's best-known song and live track 'The Bard Song (In The Forest)', while other tracks such as 'Ashes to Ashes', the fast-paced 'Journey Through the Dark' or 'The Quest For Tanelorn' tied in well with the previous, mostly fast-paced albums, but offered an extra boost of dynamism.