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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Battleroar - Age Of Chaos + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-18-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2005 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.battleroar.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Battleroar Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Age Of Chaos Label : Black Lotus ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ This was one of the releases I was awaiting most ║ │
│║ eagerly. I loved Battleroar's debut album to ║ │
│║ death, and they could not get this one out soon ║ │
│║ enough for me. But as much as I hoped for with ║ │
│║ this album, the guys from Athens have surpassed ║ │
│║ it. "Age Of Chaos" is the true metal album of ║ │
│║ the year, and a major coup for everyone ║ │
│║ involved. ║ │
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│║ If you heard Battleroar's last album, then you ║ │
│║ know what to expect here: epic, tolling true ║ │
│║ metal that never goes too fast, but never slows ║ │
│║ down into real Doom territory either. Battleroar ║ │
│║ have their own distinct sound that draws on ║ │
│║ influences from Manilla Road to Cirith Ungol, ║ │
│║ but isn't really strongly reminiscent of anyone. ║ │
│║ Their debut was full of fun crunchers like ║ │
│║ "Swordbrother" and "Egyptian Doom", but was kept ║ │
│║ from being classic by a mediocre production job ║ │
│║ and slightly restrained performances. All that ║ │
│║ is fixed this time out, and "Age Of Chaos" ║ │
│║ sounds huge, without sounding modern. I expected ║ │
│║ that this band would get a better recording the ║ │
│║ second time out, what I did not expect was the ║ │
│║ huge leap in songwriting. ║ │
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│║ Speaking of Manilla Road, when a band opens ║ │
│║ their album with a four-minute acoustic ballad ║ │
│║ written and sung by Mark Shelton, it tells you ║ │
│║ two things: they are serious MR fans, and they ║ │
│║ have big frigging balls. I'm sure lots of people ║ │
│║ will scratch their heads over that one, but for ║ │
│║ 'Road fans, hearing Mark the Shark sing the ║ │
│║ titular line in his magic croon is just a treat. ║ │
│║ No other voice evokes forgotten times and mystic ║ │
│║ places so well as his. ║ │
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│║ But after the warm-up, Battleroar start kicking ║ │
│║ your face in with the swift, pummeling "Vampire ║ │
│║ Killer", which is the fastest, most direct song ║ │
│║ on here. After that Battleroar begin to show off ║ │
│║ the melodic intricacy that is the hallmark of ║ │
│║ this album with stellar cuts like "Siegecraft", ║ │
│║ "Deep Buried Faith", the haunting "Tower Of The ║ │
│║ Elephant" and the awesome "Dyvim Tvar". Yes, ║ │
│║ they cover the expected Conan, Lord Of The ║ │
│║ Rings, and Elric territory, but nothing can ║ │
│║ disguise the serious intent behind their music, ║ │
│║ or the catchy, haunting, and even beautiful ║ │
│║ melodies they have filled this CD with. There is ║ │
│║ not a bad song on here. Not. One. I can't pick ║ │
│║ favorites because I love them all too much. ║ │
│║ "Dreams On Steel" closes out the album with ║ │
│║ another beautiful acoustic number, showing off ║ │
│║ what singer Marco Concoreggi can do when he ║ │
│║ wants to. A beautiful, haunting song. And when ║ │
│║ it's over, you press 'play' again. ║ │
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│║ I have the double digipack with the DVD, and ║ │
│║ it's fun, though not essential. You get some ║ │
│║ studio featurettes that are honestly pretty ║ │
│║ dull, an interview with very bad sound so you ║ │
│║ can hardly hear anyone speak, and some live ║ │
│║ clips. The live clips have truly terrible video ║ │
│║ and sound quality, but you can see the band and ║ │
│║ the crowd are having a great fucking time, and ║ │
│║ you wish you were there. The part where they ║ │
│║ drag Mark Shelton on stage and do the MR classic ║ │
│║ "The Ram" is worth it all by itself. You won't ║ │
│║ see shows like this here in the states, as there ║ │
│║ are guys in the front row waving frigging swords ║ │
│║ around. Super cool. ║ │
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│║ I was hoping this would be good, but Battleroar ║ │
│║ completely surpassed my expectations and made ║ │
│║ the True Metal album of the year û and I say ║ │
│║ that in a year when Manilla Road released the ║ │
│║ awesome "Gates Of Fire", but I am forced to ║ │
│║ admit that their admirers have surpassed them ║ │
│║ this time. I haven't been able to pry "Age Of ║ │
│║ Chaos" out of my player for weeks now, and it ║ │
│║ keeps getting better. If you only buy one True ║ │
│║ Metal album this year, it had better be this ║ │
│║ one. Stellar. ║ │
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│║ Line-up: ║ │
│║ Marco Congoreggi - vocals ║ │
│║ Kostas Tzortzis - guitar ║ │
│║ Manolis Karazeris - guitar ║ │
│║ Gus Makrikostas - bass ║ │
│║ Nick Papadopoulos - drums ║ │
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│║ Mark Shelton from Manilla Road appears on two ║ │
│║ tracks. ║ │
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│║ Keyboards by Bob Katsionis. ║ │
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│║ Limited edition with DVD as bonus disc ║ │
│║ [Interview + live show + studio recording]. ║ │
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│║ DISCOGRAPHY ║ │
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│║ Battleroar Demo 2001 ║ │
│║ Dragonship Single 2002 ║ │
│║ Battleroar Full-length 2003 ║ │
│║ Reforge the Sword Single 2005 ║ │
│║ Age of Chaos Full-length 2005 ║ │
│║ To Death and Beyond... Full-length 2008 ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Wanderer [04:04] │
│ 02 - Vampire Killer [05:53] │
│ 03 - Siegecraft [05:24] │
│ 04 - The Tower Of The Elephant [07:11] │
│ 05 - Deep Buried Faith [03:56] │
│ 06 - Dyvim Tvar [08:55] │
│ 07 - Sword Of Crom [04:55] │
│ 08 - Narsil (Reforge The Sword) [04:08] │
│ 09 - Calm Before The Storm [08:51] │
│ 10 - Dreams On Steel [05:04] │
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│ Total Length : [58:21 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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