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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Crystal Ball - In The Beginning + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-15-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1999 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.crystal-ball.ch ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Crystal Ball Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : In The Beginning Label : ZERO ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I was pretty surprised by these guys, they ║ │
│║ really have a good sound here. ║ │
│║ This is totally European flavored hard rock, ║ │
│║ with a very minor touch of progressive thrown ║ │
│║ in. Not quite Dream Theater mind you, but plenty ║ │
│║ of twirling keyboards and a few good time ║ │
│║ changes to break songs up. ║ │
│║ There is also a healthy mix of US stadium rock ║ │
│║ in the guys sound. ║ │
│║ I am not surprised to see one of the AOR labels ║ │
│║ didn't pick this up, as they all have their ║ │
│║ stylistic niche - and this fits none of them. ║ │
│║ But I thought a label like USG might have. This ║ │
│║ is only Point Music and AOR Heaven's good ║ │
│║ fortune. For they have a strong release on offer ║ │
│║ here. ║ │
│║ Big traditional hard rock songs, with punching ║ │
│║ guitars, huge choruses and hooks a plenty fill ║ │
│║ this album. The vocals run the gauntlet from the ║ │
│║ low raspy drawl, to the traditional metal ║ │
│║ scream! ║ │
│║ The songs vary themselves nicely also. For ║ │
│║ example Twilight Zone and Magic are hard ║ │
│║ rocking, progressive in feel and big ║ │
│║ guitar/keyboard tracks. ║ │
│║ Shake Me is a total guitar dominated rock anthem ║ │
│║ and Me & You is a great acoustic driven anthem- ║ │
│║ rock ballad. ║ │
│║ Lay Down The Law then returns to the progressive ║ │
│║ heaviness of the opening two tracks. ║ │
│║ I think I have said enough. ║ │
│║ You will need some degree of love for the ║ │
│║ European sound to fully appreciate this, but ║ │
│║ unlike some acts, that sound does not totally ║ │
│║ dominate. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Twilight Zone [05:14] │
│ 02 - Magic [03:29] │
│ 03 - Fire Still Burns [03:42] │
│ 04 - Me and You [03:06] │
│ 05 - Lay Down the Law [04:38] │
│ 06 - Shake Me [03:16] │
│ 07 - Leave Me Alone [04:19] │
│ 08 - Take Me Down [03:55] │
│ 09 - Promised Land [04:49] │
│ 10 - A Million Tears [03:09] │
│ 11 - Silence Of The Night [05:14] │
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│ Total Length : [44:51 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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