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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Metal Church - This Present Wasteland + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-16-2008 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2008 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... http://metalchurchmusic.co ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Metal Church Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : This Present Wasteland Label : SPV ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ URL: http://metalchurchmusic.com ║ │
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│║ Metal Church has always been a band who ║ │
│║ delicately combined thrash with pure heavy ║ │
│║ metal. With this new release, the band proves ║ │
│║ yet again what makes them so good. Kurdt ║ │
│║ Vanderhoof unleashes some headbanging riffs and ║ │
│║ Ronny Munroe has never sounded so strong. New ║ │
│║ lead guitarist Rick Van Zandt also shows some ║ │
│║ technical prowess in this album. ║ │
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│║ One of the most noticeable things on this ║ │
│║ release is this album is full of energy. Jeff ║ │
│║ Plate provides some lighting fast drumming and ║ │
│║ Vanderfoof gives some riffage fully ║ │
│║ complementing each other. The opening "The ║ │
│║ Company of Sorrow" exemplifies this point. The ║ │
│║ arrangement on "Monster" is also calculated and ║ │
│║ goes from mid-paced to sheer thrash in the ║ │
│║ middle and is a highlight of this album. ║ │
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│║ Ronny Munroe delivers a great performance ║ │
│║ especially with the beginning of "Monster" when ║ │
│║ he belts out "We've created a monster." He shows ║ │
│║ great versatility with the fast songs and not ║ │
│║ rushing anything on the slower, mid-paced songs. ║ │
│║ The only glaring problem found with Munroe was ║ │
│║ it seemed his voice was straining on "The ║ │
│║ Perfect Crime" and that he was gonna run out of ║ │
│║ breath on the chorus. ║ │
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│║ A couple problems arise in "Deeds of a Dead ║ │
│║ Soul" which is a bit long and would have been ║ │
│║ better if it was a couple minutes shorter. It ║ │
│║ just plods along and has an overuse of the ║ │
│║ chorus. "Breathe Again" sounds totally ║ │
│║ uninspired with a generic riff and dull playing ║ │
│║ by Van Zandt. It sounds lifeless and seemed more ║ │
│║ of a throw in track than anything. ║ │
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│║ The production is clean sounding, but it is not ║ │
│║ overproduced. Every instrument is clearly ║ │
│║ audible. Vanderhoof's guitar sounds fierce and ║ │
│║ pulse-pounding and the bass is heard and there ║ │
│║ is a sweet bass line in the opener. As I said ║ │
│║ before, the album is full of energy and that has ║ │
│║ to do with the production in some areas. ║ │
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│║ Any Metal Church fan will be pleased with this ║ │
│║ album. The linear notes are also interesting to ║ │
│║ look at as other fan submitted artwork for the ║ │
│║ album are in there. All members of the Church ║ │
│║ give a strong performance on the songs found ║ │
│║ here and it is very impressive that they are ║ │
│║ still churning out memorable performances after ║ │
│║ all these years. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Ronny Munroe : Vocals ║ │
│║ Kurdt Vanderhoof : Guitars ║ │
│║ Rick van Zandt : Guitars ║ │
│║ Steve Unger : Bass ║ │
│║ Jeff Plate : Drums ║ │
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│║ First release with new guitarist Rick van Zandt. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Company Of Sorrow [06:37] │
│ 02 - The Perfect Crime [04:37] │
│ 03 - Deeds Of A Dead Soul [08:27] │
│ 04 - Meet Your Maker [05:35] │
│ 05 - Monster [06:25] │
│ 06 - Crawling To Extinction [04:11] │
│ 07 - A War Never Won [05:33] │
│ 08 - Mass Hysteria [04:41] │
│ 09 - Breathe Again [05:23] │
│ 10 - Congregation [05:52] │
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│ Total Length : [57:21 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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