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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.jul-27-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2004 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.myspace.com/3iob ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : 3 Inches of Blood Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Advance and Vanquish Label : RoadRacer ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ 3 Inches Of Blood is a band that a lot of people ║ │
│║ donÆt quite catch the point of, at least as far ║ │
│║ as what they appear to be going for. The ║ │
│║ accusations of being a closeted metalcore band ║ │
│║ who simply dabble in old school methodology are ║ │
│║ mostly inspired by their being a favorite of ║ │
│║ many younger hipsters who also listen to the ║ │
│║ likes of Between The Buried And Me and Trivium, ║ │
│║ though part of it may also lay in their ║ │
│║ unorthodox screamer of a vocalist who ║ │
│║ occasionally comes off like a mixture of King ║ │
│║ Diamond and Alexi Laiho. But whatever fictitious ║ │
│║ motives people may hang around these guysÆ ║ │
│║ necks, the actual picture is much closer to a ║ │
│║ blunt revivalist outfit in a similar mold to ║ │
│║ that of White Wizzard (albeit a much earlier ║ │
│║ one) with a modern vocal twist. ║ │
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│║ No more so is this apparent than in the case of ║ │
│║ their sophomore effort ôAdvance And Vanquishö, ║ │
│║ which largely sticks to the bouncy NWOBHM ║ │
│║ influences of the debut, but has cleaned up and ║ │
│║ modernized the production a bit. The result is ║ │
│║ an album that has a bit more to it, stretching ║ │
│║ out the songs a bit more and exploring some of ║ │
│║ the more epic aspects of their Iron Maiden ║ │
│║ influences, exploiting their proficient lead ║ │
│║ guitar work a bit more, all while still putting ║ │
│║ forth a streamlined set of songs that are easy ║ │
│║ to digest. ItÆs not terribly surprising to see ║ │
│║ that this band has amassed a good amount of ║ │
│║ popularity given that the hooks in play are very ║ │
│║ effective, in spite of the vocal work probably ║ │
│║ being impossible for most people to recreate ║ │
│║ while singing along in their cars. ║ │
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│║ At its most elaborate and extreme, this album is ║ │
│║ mostly keen to stick to the archaic aspects of ║ │
│║ the USPM sound and occasionally some melodeath ║ │
│║ elements too, while generally avoiding the ║ │
│║ clichΘ stream of speed metal influences that ║ │
│║ tend to dominate European power metal and even ║ │
│║ some American acts like Kamelot. When hearing ║ │
│║ ôPremonition Of Painö and ôCrazy Nightsö, the ║ │
│║ guitars generally tend to wail away on some ║ │
│║ rapid pace guitar work while the rhythm section ║ │
│║ sort of chills in a subdued rock feel that only ║ │
│║ occasionally picks up to upper-mid paced. And ║ │
│║ when things do pick up considerably as on ║ │
│║ ôDominion Of Deceitö or ôIsle Of Eternal ║ │
│║ Despairö, the feel has more of a thrashing, ║ │
│║ Agent Steel meets Kalmah feel to it. In spite of ║ │
│║ the vocals generally being 2 dimensional and ║ │
│║ conjuring up vivid images of a berserker ║ │
│║ screaming while repeatedly punching himself in ║ │
│║ the cojones, the progression of music on here is ║ │
│║ fairly dynamic, though definitely caught within ║ │
│║ a very obvious and limited niche. ║ │
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│║ A lot of film sequels or major theatric follow- ║ │
│║ ups to some previous television series like to ║ │
│║ use slogans such as bigger and better when ║ │
│║ promoted, and the same sort of applies to this ║ │
│║ album in relation to its rather underdeveloped ║ │
│║ and wanting predecessor. This is the same ║ │
│║ general format, but with a wider exploration in ║ │
│║ the songwriting department that proves ║ │
│║ interesting enough to be worth a serious metal ║ │
│║ headÆs time, even if it means sharing an ║ │
│║ interest or two with those annoying teenagers ║ │
│║ who havenÆt done their homework on where their ║ │
│║ sound originated from. ItÆs sort of like ║ │
│║ traditional USPMÆs answer to the Gothenburg ║ │
│║ scene, and is often associated with the ║ │
│║ metalcore scene because said scene began ║ │
│║ incorporating influences from the famed mid 90s ║ │
│║ Swedish one. One can play the correlation game ║ │
│║ until heÆs eliminated every band releasing an ║ │
│║ album after 1992 with an old school sound, or he ║ │
│║ can just shut up and enjoy something that could ║ │
│║ have been written before then, but ultimately ║ │
│║ wasnÆt. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Fear on the Bridge [03:15] │
│ 02 - Deadly Sinners [04:31] │
│ 03 - Revenge is A Vulture [03:27] │
│ 04 - Dominion of Deceit [04:18] │
│ 05 - Premonition of Pain [04:35] │
│ 06 - Lord of the Storm [05:06] │
│ 07 - Wykydtron [03:53] │
│ 08 - Swordmaster [04:25] │
│ 09 - Axes of Evil [04:29] │
│ 10 - Crazy Nights [03:18] │
│ 11 - Destroy the Orcs [02:21] │
│ 12 - The Phantom of the Crimson Cloak [03:12] │
│ 13 - Isle of Eternal Despair [03:52] │
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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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