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│ + Crystal Tears - Choirs Of Immortal + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-19-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... Myspace ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Crystal Tears Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Choirs Of Immortal Label : Pure Steel ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ http://www.myspace.com/crystaltearsgr ║ │
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│║ Oh wow, somebody has opened the closet to the ║ │
│║ Eighties again and dragged a band straight from ║ │
│║ that decade into the year 2006! German Pure ║ │
│║ Steel Records are the "culprits" and Greek ║ │
│║ CRYSTAL TEARS is the band that has been ║ │
│║ teleported, because that is the only way one ║ │
│║ could explain the sound of their third full ║ │
│║ album "Choirs Of Immortal". ║ │
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│║ Basically everything screams 80s, the cover, the ║ │
│║ lyrics, the fact that the songs are short and ║ │
│║ sweet and could without a problem have fit on a ║ │
│║ vinyl disc, the riffing, the rhythms, the ║ │
│║ vocals, the only thing that really is up to date ║ │
│║ is the production, which is clear and powerful. ║ │
│║ The previous sentence will now either attract or ║ │
│║ appall you, it is your choice, I for my part ║ │
│║ love it! Why? Because it is not just a rehash, ║ │
│║ but captures the authentic spirit! ║ │
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│║ The most probably most characteristic element of ║ │
│║ CRYSTAL TEARS' sound is Natasa's voice, which is ║ │
│║ unusually rough (yet still melodic) for a girl ║ │
│║ and has more grit than many of her male ║ │
│║ colleagues (probably causing some potential fans ║ │
│║ of the band to cringe), giving the songs ║ │
│║ character, same goes for the riffing of ║ │
│║ Dimitris, which at times has this certain raw ║ │
│║ edge that the early to mid Eighties had put on ║ │
│║ the guitars of the classic acts, further adding ║ │
│║ to the pure atmosphere of this album. ║ │
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│║ The Thessaloniki-based group has a bunch of ║ │
│║ excellent songs in their back pack, which should ║ │
│║ cater to anyone still longing for the days of ║ │
│║ yore, with the pumping bass of "Sworn To ║ │
│║ Avenge", the super catchy "Rock Survivors", ║ │
│║ crunchy mid-tempo cracker "Master Of Deception", ║ │
│║ the epic to me, ehm no, Alexander the Great ║ │
│║ "Megas Alexandros", the whiplash-inducing ║ │
│║ smasher "Stealer Of Minds" or the driving "And ║ │
│║ The Arrows Fall", all of them being completely ║ │
│║ unimpressed by any new musical findings of the ║ │
│║ past 20 years. ║ │
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│║ So if you think that anything sounding like the ║ │
│║ 80s should have stayed there, stay away from ║ │
│║ CRYSTAL TEARS (even though I am still very ║ │
│║ surprised that after the second paragraph you ║ │
│║ actually are still reading), anybody, who ║ │
│║ thirsts for the pure steel (the label name ║ │
│║ really fits here) will find the oasis in the ║ │
│║ desert of modernisms! ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ Natasa Pandreia: vocals ║ │
│║ Dimitris Goutziamanis: guitar ║ │
│║ Stratos Dionisopoulos: bass ║ │
│║ Chrisafis Tantanozis: drums ║ │
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│║ DISCOGRAPHY ║ │
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│║ Skies of Eternity Demo 1999 ║ │
│║ Promoworks Demo 2000 ║ │
│║ Embrace the Horror Demo 2002 ║ │
│║ Choirs of Immortal Full-length 2006 ║ │
│║ Generation X Full-length 2010 ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Alpha And Omega [00:40] │
│ 02 - Sworn To Avenge [03:15] │
│ 03 - Nightmare Terror [02:41] │
│ 04 - Rock Survivors [03:57] │
│ 05 - Master Of Deception [03:35] │
│ 06 - Megas Alexandros [04:14] │
│ 07 - Stealer Of Minds [03:12] │
│ 08 - When The Night Is Cold [03:52] │
│ 09 - And The Arrows Fall [04:40] │
│ 10 - Legends Never Die [05:50] │
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│ Total Length : [35:56 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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