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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-02-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Thrash Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44.1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... kreator-terrorzone.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Kreator Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Phantom Antichrist Label : Nuclear Blast ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ It's easy to make the parallel between composers ║ │
│║ and engineers when Germany is involved. For ║ │
│║ years, mechanics all over the world tried and ║ │
│║ tried to discover Ferdinand Porsche's great ║ │
│║ secrets of automobile manufacturing. Years ║ │
│║ later, he revealed them: Power. Speed. ║ │
│║ Simplicity. So works the German mind, and it's ║ │
│║ no surprise that Kreator just so happens to be ║ │
│║ the thrash band that's sitting atop the world. ║ │
│║ It has been thirty years since Mille Petrozza, ║ │
│║ Roberto Fioretti and Jⁿrgen Reil embarked on ║ │
│║ their journey to put together one of the ║ │
│║ greatest heavy metal bands on the planet. Few ║ │
│║ bands have made it this far, and the vast ║ │
│║ majority of the ones that did ran out of gas a ║ │
│║ long time ago... but not Kreator. Aside from ║ │
│║ getting caught in the fray of classic thrash ║ │
│║ bands venturing off into the bizarre territories ║ │
│║ of the mid-to-late 90's, these ancient ║ │
│║ hellhounds have been slowly and steadily ║ │
│║ plotting their course for world domination in ║ │
│║ the heart of the Ruhrgebiet ever since they ║ │
│║ found their footing again with Violent ║ │
│║ Revolution in 2001. It's been more than a decade ║ │
│║ since then, and not only has Kreator gained ║ │
│║ light years on the majority of its Eighties ║ │
│║ thrash counterparts, but the group has done so ║ │
│║ without losing so much as an inch along the way. ║ │
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│║ Phantom Antichrist is Kreator's thirteenth ║ │
│║ full-length album since the group's timeless ║ │
│║ debut in 1985, and it's arguably their finest ║ │
│║ work to date. Sure, it's always going to be the ║ │
│║ initial five or six albums that garner the most ║ │
│║ nostalgia and credit for innovation, but Phantom ║ │
│║ Antichrist is the work of polished heroes -- ║ │
│║ gods, if you will. Initially, it seemed that ║ │
│║ Kreator was simply following the basic formula ║ │
│║ that has been so effective on the past handful ║ │
│║ of albums. You know the drill: catchy title ║ │
│║ track, a few shitkickers, a few slow melodies ║ │
│║ that explode into shitkickers, and a comedown ║ │
│║ concluding track that simply says "auf ║ │
│║ Wiedersehen." Now, to say the band has ║ │
│║ completely changed things around would not only ║ │
│║ be an insult to Herr Porsche, but it probably ║ │
│║ wouldn't have worked. Instead, the band decided ║ │
│║ to just get even better at what they already do ║ │
│║ best, which is construct meaningful, thought ║ │
│║ provocative lyrical themes that would give sight ║ │
│║ to the blind; create choruses that would excite ║ │
│║ a downtrodden mass of depressed followers; write ║ │
│║ riffs that would allow those with paralysis to ║ │
│║ circle pit like there's no tomorrow; and compose ║ │
│║ solos that would entice even the Virgin Mary ║ │
│║ herself. Phantom Antichrist does all of this, ║ │
│║ and in the most memorable of ways. ║ │
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│║ So what else is new? Let's start with early ║ │
│║ tracks such as "Death to the World" and "From ║ │
│║ Flood into Fire," which will have fans chanting ║ │
│║ "Mother Earth, what have we done to you / Mother ║ │
│║ Earth, why have we forsaken you," or "From flood ║ │
│║ into fire, one thousand voices sing / we're in ║ │
│║ this together, for whatever fate may bring," as ║ │
│║ they march like fearless vikings to destroy the ║ │
│║ captors of their souls. And the solos! My Lord, ║ │
│║ the solos are just perfect. Every note fits ║ │
│║ perfectly into its own place while Mille and ║ │
│║ Sami play as if Quorthon and Chuck Schuldiner ║ │
│║ were fire and brimstone taking their sides. ║ │
│║ Perhaps no other songs in all of rock music ║ │
│║ today have more importance and emotion than ║ │
│║ Phantom Antichrist's next few tracks such as ║ │
│║ "The Few, The Proud, The Broken" or "Your ║ │
│║ Heaven, My Hell," especially the softly spoken ║ │
│║ lines in the introduction of the latter of the ║ │
│║ two, which state "After all these centuries of ║ │
│║ preaching godly wrath / Punishment and afterlife ║ │
│║ -- Pandemonium / Gods that torture, gods that ║ │
│║ judge from the guilt they make you feel / A ║ │
│║ monster siege by psychopaths, as he threw the ║ │
│║ web you weaved / Your heaven, My hell / Your ║ │
│║ heaven has become my hell / You are the virus of ║ │
│║ this torched Earth / Your heaven, my hell / Your ║ │
│║ heaven will always be my hell / Fear has ║ │
│║ possessed the hearts of ║ │
│║ MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ║ │
│║ NNN!!!!!!!!!" ║ │
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│║ Ultimately, there will be few albums throughout ║ │
│║ the course of one's lifetime that will always ║ │
│║ permit you to carry on with a smile, regardless ║ │
│║ of the sorrows of life's many tragedies. They're ║ │
│║ as rare as true friends, really, and should be ║ │
│║ treated as such. That, among other reasons, is ║ │
│║ why you'll find no comparisons here -- no ║ │
│║ mentioning of other bands, other great albums, ║ │
│║ or the glory days when thrash metal wasn't ║ │
│║ viewed as a thing of the past. Also, there's ║ │
│║ something to be said about a band of this ║ │
│║ stature whose members still insist on helping ║ │
│║ sell their own merchandise, talking to fans, and ║ │
│║ openly condemning shitty, commercialized and ║ │
│║ dumbed-down music. In my personal life, I've ║ │
│║ always failed to come up with an adequate ║ │
│║ response to the question, "So why do you like ║ │
│║ this type of music, anyway?" Thanks to Phantom ║ │
│║ Antichrist, I have found my answer: It's fast, ║ │
│║ it's simple, it's powerful; and it's the reason ║ │
│║ why I listen to heavy metal. Kreator. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Mars Mantra [01:18] │
│ 02 - Phantom Antichrist [04:31] │
│ 03 - Death to the World [04:53] │
│ 04 - Form Flood into Fire [05:26] │
│ 05 - Civilization Collapse [04:13] │
│ 06 - United in Hate [04:31] │
│ 07 - The Few, the Proud, the Broken [04:38] │
│ 08 - Your Heaven, My Hell [05:53] │
│ 09 - Victory Will Come [04:14] │
│ 10 - Until Our Paths Cross Again [05:49] │
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│ Total Length : [45:26 minn │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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