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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-14-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1997 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......Puncheta Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Pariah Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Unity Label : Aartee Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ After taking quite the hiatus, Pariah would ║ │
│║ return in 1997 and release a third album in the ║ │
│║ following year. Gone were Michael Jackson and ║ │
│║ original drummer Sean Taylor, being replaced ║ │
│║ here by Alan Hunter (of NWOBHM band Tysondog) ║ │
│║ and Ian McCormack (ex-Satan, Battleaxe). ║ │
│║ Hunter's vocals were cleaner, not a far cry from ║ │
│║ Jackson's Grim Reaper-like tone on Blaze of ║ │
│║ Obscurity, albeit a little less corny sounding. ║ │
│║ The music certainly does not lack for the ║ │
│║ aggression of the past, because the riffing ║ │
│║ picks up right where that album left off...only ║ │
│║ with a more modern sound that makes them even ║ │
│║ crisper. There may be a slightly larger ║ │
│║ influence from rock and progressive rock on ║ │
│║ Unity, but it's not too distracting with the ║ │
│║ exception of 1-2 tracks. ║ │
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│║ The title track is the first, and it's also one ║ │
│║ of the best here...with Tippins and Ramsey ║ │
│║ returning to their well-composed, busy technical ║ │
│║ riffing, full of flighty little muted rhythms ║ │
│║ and some nice, shimmery acoustic breaks, all of ║ │
│║ which seem rock solid below Hunter's approach. ║ │
│║ "Reactionary" is one of those more experimental ║ │
│║ tunes...with some moody, mysterious rock breaks ║ │
│║ that pick up into a pretty generic NWOBHM ║ │
│║ rhythm, very Venom or Priest, but polished and ║ │
│║ clean. "Walking Wounded" is passable, but has ║ │
│║ some pretty dull groove rhythms to it, whereas ║ │
│║ "No Exit" features great speed metal licks ║ │
│║ beneath some atmospheric blues guitars and a ║ │
│║ cool effect as the chorus is ringed out into the ║ │
│║ stratosphere of the guitars. Also, nice leads on ║ │
│║ this one. "Snakes & Ladders" has some guitar ║ │
│║ masturbation for under a minute before the crisp ║ │
│║ thrashing tone of "One of Us" bites it on the ║ │
│║ leg. The riffs here are great, the vocals...not ║ │
│║ so much. ║ │
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│║ 'You try so hard but always fail ║ │
│║ You might be something but to no avail ║ │
│║ 'Cos unless you're one of us ║ │
│║ You'll never make the grade ║ │
│║ And if you're one of us ║ │
│║ You've got it made' ║ │
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│║ Well, alright then! As you can see, the lyrics ║ │
│║ of Unity are mediocre at best...like so many ║ │
│║ metal bands in the 90s, trying to appeal to the ║ │
│║ emotional and downtrodden like most popular ║ │
│║ music, but not in an interesting way. More like ║ │
│║ horse shit. It stinks, and you don't want to ║ │
│║ step in it, but you're not about to clean it up ║ │
│║ off the street yourself. Speaking of shit, the ║ │
│║ guitar work in "Saboteurs" is anything but, ║ │
│║ featuring jet fueled guitar rhythms which keep ║ │
│║ themselves busy as they meander below Hunter's ║ │
│║ whims. "Mutual Street" opens with some plodding ║ │
│║ bass and vocals, becoming another rocker with ║ │
│║ lame lyrics and Hendrix-like riffs. "The Jonah" ║ │
│║ is great, with some excellent speed picked ║ │
│║ rhythms and great little melodies below the ║ │
│║ bridge vocals. "Learning to Crawl" is a ║ │
│║ classical acoustic guitar piece with some ║ │
│║ vocals, to end the record. Not bad, though the ║ │
│║ antiwar lyrics are a little corny. ║ │
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│║ Of their three albums, Unity took the most ║ │
│║ risks...and because of that, paid the highest ║ │
│║ price, as it is probably their least appreciated ║ │
│║ album, even by the handful of old guards who ║ │
│║ even acknowledge this band's existence. I feel ║ │
│║ like there are 5-6 really great songs on this ║ │
│║ album, on par with Blaze of Obscurity...but the ║ │
│║ rest, like "Mutual Street" and "Walking Wounded" ║ │
│║ are mediocre stabs at something the band is not, ║ │
│║ and the calm, brief guitar pieces also belong ║ │
│║ elsewhere. This was the 2nd curtain call for ║ │
│║ Pariah. By the time it released, Skyclad was ║ │
│║ already climbing in popularity and it is ║ │
│║ unlikely the pages of this dusty old tome will ║ │
│║ be re-opened again. But we are left with a ║ │
│║ legacy of quality metal music, much of which ║ │
│║ still sounds fresh and relevant (well, some of ║ │
│║ the lyrics and vocals aside...) ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Unity [04:01] │
│ 02 - Reactionary [06:05] │
│ 03 - Walking Wounded [06:31] │
│ 04 - No Exit [03:58] │
│ 05 - Snakes & Ladders [00:49] │
│ 06 - One Of Us [03:58] │
│ 07 - Saboteurs [04:00] │
│ 08 - Mutual Street [03:44] │
│ 09 - The Jonah [05:49] │
│ 10 - Learning To Crawl [02:11] │
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│ Total Length : [41:06 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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