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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-27-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2008 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.splitheaven.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Split Heaven Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Psycho Samurai Label : Blower ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Here is a rather interesting release from ║ │
│║ Mexico's Split Heaven. Everything about Psycho ║ │
│║ Samurai screams old school. From the logo, with ║ │
│║ all its sharp points and angles, to the cover ║ │
│║ art of the two samurai warriors engaged in ║ │
│║ mortal combat. Then I put it on and lead singer ║ │
│║ Eligio Valenzuela literally screamed a dead-on ║ │
│║ early Savatage Jon Oliva scream that sent me ║ │
│║ back to Sirens and Dungeons are Calling. Most of ║ │
│║ the time, his voice is only passingly similar to ║ │
│║ Oliva, which is not a bad thing, but when he ║ │
│║ lets loose with the high pitched stuff, it is ║ │
│║ uncanny. ║ │
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│║ And the rest of Psycho Samurai is pretty damn ║ │
│║ good as well. Generally faster paced than ║ │
│║ Savatage, Split Heaven nonetheless crank out ║ │
│║ some excellent straight up Heavy Metal. Solid, ║ │
│║ crunchy riffs abound, courtesy of guitarists ║ │
│║ Pedro Zelbohr and Armand æHank' Ramos, while the ║ │
│║ rhythm section of drummer Tommy æDrumdestroyer' ║ │
│║ Roitman (fan of Dr. Killdrums Steve Wacholz, are ║ │
│║ we?) and bassist Tali Hernandez holds everything ║ │
│║ together. The songwriting, while not ║ │
│║ spectacular, is interesting enough to hold my ║ │
│║ attention through several listens. The opening ║ │
│║ riff from "White Death" is total 80s, while the ║ │
│║ tempo is amped up with some double kicks on "The ║ │
│║ Golden Times." Songs like "Iron Witch" and ║ │
│║ "Psycho Samurai" slow the pace down and had me ║ │
│║ wondering where I'd left my cassette copy of ║ │
│║ Power of the Night. There are no truly ║ │
│║ superlative tracks on Psycho Samurai, yet there ║ │
│║ aren't any weak ones either, so what you get is ║ │
│║ a high quality listen all the way through. Even ║ │
│║ the bonus tracks, "Split Heaven" and "Eternal ║ │
│║ Life" are decent. ║ │
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│║ The one thing that distracts most from Psycho ║ │
│║ Samurai would be singer Valenzuela's English. He ║ │
│║ has some work to do. Minor point, considering ║ │
│║ the overall quality of Psycho Samurai. Check out ║ │
│║ Split Heaven if you, like me, are a fan of twin ║ │
│║ guitar, 80s inspired Heavy Metal. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Forged by Steel (intro) [01:19] │
│ 02 - Immortal [03:43] │
│ 03 - White Death [03:55] │
│ 04 - Psycho Samurai [04:43] │
│ 05 - The Wizard [04:35] │
│ 06 - Iron Witch [04:44] │
│ 07 - The Golden Times [04:15] │
│ 08 - Motorblade [03:33] │
│ 09 - My Soul Burns Forever [05:00] │
│ 10 - Steel Liver [03:57] │
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│ Total Length : [39:44 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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