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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Flotsam And Jetsam - Drift + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-06-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Thrash Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1995 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.flotsam-and-jetsam.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Flotsam And Jetsam Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Drift Label : MCA ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Flotsam & Jetsam has been largely an unknown ║ │
│║ quantity in my musical life. Cuatro was my ║ │
│║ introduction way back in 1993, now, in 2008, I ║ │
│║ have been able to sample the albums immediately ║ │
│║ before and after that landmark release. Hearing ║ │
│║ these neighboring albums has created an ║ │
│║ interesting timeline for the band and the ║ │
│║ development of their music. Listening to all ║ │
│║ three in succession quickly reveals a band in a ║ │
│║ state of flux. Now, while Drift does not fly ║ │
│║ quite as high as Cuatro, it does come fairly ║ │
│║ close. ║ │
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│║ The band got its start way back in the early ║ │
│║ 1980s, releasing their debut album, Doomsday for ║ │
│║ the Deceiver, in 1986. At the time, Jason ║ │
│║ Newsted was their bass player and primary ║ │
│║ songwriter, however, before they could release ║ │
│║ their second release, he left the band to ║ │
│║ replace the late Cliff Burton in Metallica, ║ │
│║ sealing the band's fate. They will forever be ║ │
│║ the band that Cliff's replacement came from ║ │
│║ regardless of the quality of their music. ║ │
│║ Newsted's influence continued on 1988's No Place ║ │
│║ for Disgrace, with a few songs featuring his ║ │
│║ writing skills. ║ │
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│║ Now, I have not heard either one of those first ║ │
│║ two releases. Their third album is called When ║ │
│║ the Storm Comes Down and it sounds like a band ║ │
│║ in search of itself, with a few good cuts, but ║ │
│║ with songwriting that is all over the map and ║ │
│║ lackluster production values. Cuatro, arriving ║ │
│║ in 1992, finds the band finally comfortable in ║ │
│║ their own skin and the music shows it. The trend ║ │
│║ of strong songwriting continues with 1995's ║ │
│║ Drift, which is easily the most mature of the ║ │
│║ albums I've heard and sounds like the logical ║ │
│║ next step following Cuatro. ║ │
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│║ Drift has a decidedly darker sound than the ║ │
│║ prior two. A little research uncovers that bass ║ │
│║ player Jason Ward had developed as the band's ║ │
│║ primary songwriter and that his brother, Jeff ║ │
│║ (drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, and ║ │
│║ others), committed suicide in 1993 after ║ │
│║ murdering his girlfriend. This understandably ║ │
│║ had an effect on Jason. The result is music that ║ │
│║ is somewhat dark. I am sorry that he had to go ║ │
│║ through something like that, but there is no ║ │
│║ denying the positives that came from Jason's ║ │
│║ work. ║ │
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│║ Drift is dark and the music is haunting. ║ │
│║ Something else that comes out in this album is ║ │
│║ the thrashiness that was a big part of their ║ │
│║ earlier career. I noticed it with Cuatro and it ║ │
│║ is even more pronounced here. There is a trend ║ │
│║ away from thrash and towards melody. There is ║ │
│║ still speed to be had, but it is hardly the same ║ │
│║ as what brought them their initial notice. This ║ │
│║ is not a bad thing, as they seem to be at their ║ │
│║ best when melody is the primary element of the ║ │
│║ song. Also, the songwriting grew over this three ║ │
│║ album span. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Me [03:18] │
│ 02 - Empty Air [03:49] │
│ 03 - Pick A Window [03:47] │
│ 04 - 12 Year Old with A Gun [03:29] │
│ 05 - Missing [05:57] │
│ 06 - Blindside [03:35] │
│ 07 - Remember [03:46] │
│ 08 - Destructive Signs [04:54] │
│ 09 - Smoked Out [06:08] │
│ 10 - Poet's Tell [03:55] │
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│ Total Length : [42:38 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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