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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Winter┤s Verge - Beyond Vengeance + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-27-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.wintersverge.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Winter┤s Verge Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Beyond Vengeance Label : Massacre ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Cypriot band WinterÆs Verge are back with what ║ │
│║ is either their third or fourth studio album ║ │
│║ depending on which source you decide to cite, no ║ │
│║ matter which number album in the discography ║ │
│║ this is it is clear that they like to release ║ │
│║ albums when we have winter cold around here. ║ │
│║ Last time out it was nearing minus 40░C and now ║ │
│║ we had around zero degrees and light snowfall ║ │
│║ around the release date, fascinating isnÆt it? ║ │
│║ One thing I have been able to deduce from the ║ │
│║ two releases we have been handed from this band ║ │
│║ is that they do know the importance of having ║ │
│║ good album covers as both their latest album ║ │
│║ covers has been really good. Last time out I ║ │
│║ described them as having a finnish sound and ║ │
│║ funnily enough they went on tour with one of ║ │
│║ those very finnish bands, Stratovarius, isnÆt ║ │
│║ that a funny coincident? Now then two years ║ │
│║ later it is time for the album following Tales ║ │
│║ of Tragedy and once again it is RD Lipakis who ║ │
│║ has been handed the production duties for this ║ │
│║ effort called Beyond Vengeance. ║ │
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│║ The sound is recognisable from the work ║ │
│║ preceding this album, it is the same kind of ║ │
│║ very melodic power metal with a very finnish ║ │
│║ sound a sound also enriched by symphonic ║ │
│║ elements and a quite pompous song structure at ║ │
│║ times, while at other times it is a rather small ║ │
│║ sound made to suit a smaller venue one might ║ │
│║ feel. It can be described as epic as it has this ║ │
│║ feeling of an adventurous story being told ║ │
│║ within the music, I have no idea if that is ║ │
│║ really the case but that is the feel of the ║ │
│║ music. There is a good deal of variation over ║ │
│║ the eleven tracks of this album making the music ║ │
│║ feel as though it is going somewhere at all ║ │
│║ times, and if you donÆt want to take my word for ║ │
│║ what it is, have listen for yourself below. For ║ │
│║ you who are eager to know what is different from ║ │
│║ the previous album I can say that this album ║ │
│║ feels a bit more adventurous, it is heavier, it ║ │
│║ has more groove and it is better produced. ║ │
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│║ I was asking for a hit song when reviewing Tales ║ │
│║ of Tragedy, this albumÆs predecessor, and now in ║ │
│║ the opening track Cunning Lullabies that has ║ │
│║ been addressed and it is not only that because ║ │
│║ that brilliant hit song is followed by several ║ │
│║ other powerful and really good songs that will ║ │
│║ easily stick in your mind. Most of these songs ║ │
│║ are better than what we got on Tales of Tragedy ║ │
│║ as well. I was also looking for more variation ║ │
│║ as the songs were too similar on the earlier ║ │
│║ album and that is another thing we see on this ║ │
│║ album it has good variation and thanks to that ║ │
│║ it always feels as if the album has a direction ║ │
│║ which helps the 53 minutes the album goes on for ║ │
│║ to feel much shorter. I think that it is quite ║ │
│║ fair to say that WinterÆs Verge has improved ║ │
│║ their craft on all accounts because this albumÆs ║ │
│║ predecessor was good but quite uneventful and ║ │
│║ uninspiring much like my review of the album, ║ │
│║ this album is exciting and inspiring to listen ║ │
│║ to, and especially the opening track makes you ║ │
│║ stop and take notice. ║ │
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│║ I said last time out that WinterÆs Verge showed ║ │
│║ promise but they needed to write a hit song to ║ │
│║ really shine, guess what? now they do shine and ║ │
│║ they do that with a real glow. Beyond Vengeance ║ │
│║ shows WinterÆs Verge from their best side, ║ │
│║ exciting, grande, powerful, catchy and melodic, ║ │
│║ it is a brilliant album well worth recommending ║ │
│║ to any fan of power metal. This album may ║ │
│║ actually be the surprise of the year so far as I ║ │
│║ could never had expecting something like this ║ │
│║ based on what they brought out last time around, ║ │
│║ so thank you WinterÆs Verge for your cunning ║ │
│║ lullabies. ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ George Charalambous: vocals ║ │
│║ Stefanos Psillides: keyboards ║ │
│║ Harry Pari: guitars ║ │
│║ Miguel Trapezaris: bass ║ │
│║ Chris Ioannides: drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Cunning Lullabies [05:50] │
│ 02 - Paper Is Blank [04:35] │
│ 03 - Unto The Darkness [04:00] │
│ 04 - Not Without A Fight [04:23] │
│ 05 - Bleeding Heart [04:23] │
│ 06 - Dying [05:12] │
│ 07 - One Last Night [05:21] │
│ 08 - Threads Of My Life [04:06] │
│ 09 - Angels Of Babylon [03:17] │
│ 10 - Semeni [06:35] │
│ 11 - A Dream For A Dream (Bonus Track) [05:22] │
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│ Total Length : [53:04 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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