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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Prey - Knights Of The Revolution + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-22-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2009 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.prey-nation.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Prey Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Knights Of The Revolution Label : GMR Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ After glancing at the unimpressive album cover ║ │
│║ and bland song titles, I assumed SwedenÆs PREY ║ │
│║ were just another generic Power Metal band, and ║ │
│║ I was fully prepared to tear them a new asshole ║ │
│║ if their music also failed to stand out. Well, ║ │
│║ as I soon realized, PREY arenÆt a Power Metal ║ │
│║ band at all, but rather a Melodic Metal band ║ │
│║ thatÆs often only two steps away from straight- ║ │
│║ up AOR. Sure, theyÆve got a fast song or two ║ │
│║ about revolutionary knights, but they also ║ │
│║ address the topic Metal fans love to hate: love. ║ │
│║ Oh, and the songs are pretty damn good. ║ │
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│║ The album opener, ôKnights Of The Revolution,ö ║ │
│║ breaks out the double bass fairly early. See, ║ │
│║ they want to trick you into thinking theyÆre ║ │
│║ Power Metal, and thenàwhatÆs this? Heavy ║ │
│║ keyboard usage in the prechorus? An all-too- ║ │
│║ smooth chorus? An even smoother pre-solo ║ │
│║ interlude? By the second song, ôDeliver The ║ │
│║ Goods,ö the Melodic Metal-ness is fully ║ │
│║ embraced, as these guys sound way more like a ║ │
│║ harder-edged Joe Lynn Turner-era RAINBOW than ║ │
│║ fellow Swedes HAMMERFALL. As a matter of fact, ║ │
│║ ôGet Outö is 100% AOR; itÆs æ80s Pop-Rock ║ │
│║ worship at its finest. ║ │
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│║ Each of the band members perform admirably on ║ │
│║ ôKnights Of The Revolution.ö Thomas NystroemÆs ║ │
│║ vocals are at once smooth and powerful, and are ║ │
│║ perfectly suited to the bandÆs status as in ║ │
│║ between Power Metal and AOR. His guitars are ║ │
│║ also excellent. Bassist Peter Baecke anchors the ║ │
│║ band solidly, and he practically makes the ║ │
│║ verses of ôGet Outö his own. Robban B?ck brings ║ │
│║ the thunder like no other, proving to be adept ║ │
│║ at the speedy Power Metal-like tracks as well as ║ │
│║ the more subdued AOR ones. Perhaps the unsung ║ │
│║ hero of the band is keyboardist Fredrik Plahn, ║ │
│║ smoothing nearly every song into a Melodic ║ │
│║ masterpiece and adding a surprisingly edgy ║ │
│║ Techno sound to ôInto Fire.ö The two things that ║ │
│║ most separate PREY from todayÆs Power Metal ║ │
│║ bands (besides the excellently catchy ║ │
│║ songwriting) are PlahnÆs keyboards, which are a ║ │
│║ welcome departure from the Jens Johansson school ║ │
│║ of keyboarding, and the wonderful background ║ │
│║ vocals provided by all the band members. ║ │
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│║ With this release, PREY have proven themselves ║ │
│║ to be very adept songwriters indeed (and so ║ │
│║ early in their career!) For fans of Melodic ║ │
│║ Metal, ôKnights Of The Revolutionö is worth ║ │
│║ every penny. Power Metal fans looking for ║ │
│║ something a little slower and a lot smoother ║ │
│║ might also want to check this out, as would AOR ║ │
│║ fans looking to make the leap into the world of ║ │
│║ Metal. ôKnights Of The Revolutionö truly has ║ │
│║ something for everyone. ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ Thomas Nystroem: lead vocals & guitars ║ │
│║ Fredrik Plahn: keyboards & harmony vocals ║ │
│║ Peter Back: bass ║ │
│║ Robban Boeck: drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Knights Of The Revolution [03:51] │
│ 02 - Deliver The Goods [04:52] │
│ 03 - Playing With Fire [03:01] │
│ 04 - Blood Red Sky [03:52] │
│ 05 - Get Out [04:23] │
│ 06 - Into Fire [04:44] │
│ 07 - In Memorian [03:38] │
│ 08 - Addicted [04:50] │
│ 09 - Run [04:53] │
│ 10 - Personal Fantasy [03:58] │
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│ Total Length : [42:02 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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