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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-05-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2003 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.battleroar.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Battleroar Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Battleroar Label : Omicron ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Oh yeah. This one caught me by surprise, as I ║ │
│║ had never heard of this band. Shame, shame on ║ │
│║ me. As big a fan of old-school heavy metal as I ║ │
│║ am, and I missed this one. I have to give a big ║ │
│║ thanks to Tony, who turned me on to this band. I ║ │
│║ guess among the Battlelore, the Battlesword, and ║ │
│║ the Battlelust, I sort of overlooked Battleroar, ║ │
│║ and that's not good, because Battleroar fucking ║ │
│║ rule. ║ │
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│║ If you like Doomsword, Omen, Manilla Road or ║ │
│║ even older Iron Maiden, then this is a must- ║ │
│║ have, heed me. Battleroar play huge, long, epic ║ │
│║ songs full of crunching riffs and headbanger ║ │
│║ rhythms that just never quit. Like all my fave ║ │
│║ bands of this kind they don't drag one riff out ║ │
│║ into a seven-minute song, but pack every epic ║ │
│║ with riff after riff after riff. Just when you ║ │
│║ think you have heard all the cool stuff in the ║ │
│║ song, they come up with something new and cool ║ │
│║ to keep your fist in the air. They have that ║ │
│║ rolling crunch style like Doomsword, with that ║ │
│║ midpaced epic thing Omen and Maiden used to do ║ │
│║ so well, and in places this really reminds me of ║ │
│║ Twisted Tower Dire's first CD. There really ║ │
│║ aren't any fast songs here, but I don't give a ║ │
│║ rat's ass, because I love this kind of sprawling ║ │
│║ doom-hymn stuff. I wish the production was a bit ║ │
│║ punchier, as the recording job is certainly not ║ │
│║ bad, but this album should sound HUGE. I trust ║ │
│║ this will be fixed on later releases (or I ║ │
│║ hope). The vocals are good, but not great û ║ │
│║ again I think this was probably a result of not ║ │
│║ enough recording budget. There is nothing wrong ║ │
│║ with Marco Congoreggi's voice (in fact he sounds ║ │
│║ a lot like Nightcomer û Doomsword's old singer.) ║ │
│║ But he sounds like he's just not delivering his ║ │
│║ best performance. ║ │
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│║ The lyrics are all focused on the kind of ║ │
│║ battle-and-blood themes I like: Gladiators, ║ │
│║ Elric, Ancient Egypt, Cyborg Warriors etc. Maybe ║ │
│║ not that original, but very very cool. ║ │
│║ Battleroar do get cred for writing a song about ║ │
│║ "Almuric" û perhaps one of the most obscure ║ │
│║ Robert E Howard books ever. And I thought I was ║ │
│║ the only one who had a copy. ║ │
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│║ This is just old-school, low-fi metal rulage. ║ │
│║ The production is a bit rough, and I really ║ │
│║ think these guys could do better with more ║ │
│║ studio time. But I will take this ahead of ║ │
│║ keyboard-soaked happy-flower metal any fucking ║ │
│║ day of the week, and Battleroar get extra points ║ │
│║ for playing a kind of metal that is A: in short ║ │
│║ supply and B: I really, really love. There is ║ │
│║ not enough room for me to detail every song and ║ │
│║ why they rule, or how much I love them all. ║ │
│║ Suffice to say I have not taken this much ║ │
│║ pleasure in a CD since Ironsword, or Cauldron ║ │
│║ Born's "Rome Shall Fall" And despite the flaws ║ │
│║ which prevent me from giving it a perfect score, ║ │
│║ I can tell you this album will be spending a lot ║ │
│║ of time in my CD player. Two big fucking metal ║ │
│║ thumbs up. ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ Marco Concoreggi: vocals ║ │
│║ Kostas Tzortzis: guitar ║ │
│║ Manolis Karazeris: guitar ║ │
│║ Gus Makrikostas: bass ║ │
│║ Nick Papadopoulos: drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Swordbrothers [07:04] │
│ 02 - Victorious Path [03:05] │
│ 03 - Egyptian Doom [06:38] │
│ 04 - Mourning Sword [05:10] │
│ 05 - Almuric [03:50] │
│ 06 - Battleroar [05:26] │
│ 07 - Morituri Te Salutant [05:13] │
│ 08 - Megaloman [03:40] │
│ 09 - Berzerker [07:31] │
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│ Total Length : [47:37 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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