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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.feb-19-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2011 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.openingscenery.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Opening Scenery Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Mystic Alchemy Label : UndergroundSy ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Begun in 2003, Turin-based power metal band ║ │
│║ Opening Scenery has been at their craft with a ║ │
│║ solid line-up since 2006. With the help of ║ │
│║ producer, Alessio Lucatti (keyboard player from ║ │
│║ Vision Divine and Etherna), the band unleashes ║ │
│║ their debut work, Mystic Alchemy. ║ │
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│║ Above, Opening Scenery: why does one dude always ║ │
│║ have to knell on the floor? ║ │
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│║ Generally, this is well-rounded album of ║ │
│║ European power metal, with classic heavy metal ║ │
│║ influences, and the spark of progressive metal. ║ │
│║ More specifically, Mystic Alchemy is rather ║ │
│║ standard fare. Actually, the music is the best ║ │
│║ part of the album. Ante Bellum, Seaquakes of ║ │
│║ Soul, and The Final Destination, the first part ║ │
│║ of the Mystic Alchemy suite, are intriguing and ║ │
│║ entertaining songs. ║ │
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│║ But a conundrum lies in the vocals. Andrea ║ │
│║ Racco's vocals are deep and raspy, and he ║ │
│║ spend's most of his time straining and ║ │
│║ screaming, with some control at least. From the ║ │
│║ start, he was a massive distraction, unless when ║ │
│║ he mellowed out or is tempered by the background ║ │
│║ harmony vocals, as in parts of Seaquakes of Soul ║ │
│║ or Black Rose Kiss. That latter song, like many ║ │
│║ others, finds often 'off the rails,' while ║ │
│║ offering moments of interest. Later within the ║ │
│║ first part of the Mystic Alchemy suite, The ║ │
│║ Final Destination, Fabio Lione (Rhapsody of ║ │
│║ Fire, Vision Divine) appears, and you get ║ │
│║ welcome respite (and better singing). ║ │
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│║ The combination of generally predictable power ║ │
│║ prog metal with lackluster, even intrusive, ║ │
│║ vocals, makes Opening Scenery's Mystic Alchemy ║ │
│║ only an average debut. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Ante Bellum [05:32] │
│ 02 - The Third Eye [03:48] │
│ 03 - Seaquake of Souls [04:39] │
│ 04 - Black Roses Kiss [05:59] │
│ 05 - The Light Beyond the Dream [05:41] │
│ 06 - The Seventh Gate [04:30] │
│ 07 - Mystic Alchemy I: The Final Destination [04:30] │
│ 08 - Mystic Alchemy II: Old Memories [01:40] │
│ 09 - Mystic Alchemy III: At Twilight [05:58] │
│ 10 - Silence After Storming [00:54] │
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│ Total Length : [43:11 minn │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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