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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-25-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Thrash Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1994 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........14 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... myspace.com/depressiveaget ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Depressive Age Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Symbols For The Blue Times Label : GUN ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Symbols for the Blue Times is the third and best ║ │
│║ album from the German progressive/thrash team ║ │
│║ Depressive Age, but it does to an extent suffer ║ │
│║ from the same minor flaw of its direct ║ │
│║ predecessor: the requirement of the listener to ║ │
│║ involve him/herself emotionally while being ║ │
│║ exposed to Jan Lubitzki's shaky, accented ║ │
│║ vocals. Once more, the man can hit a fair range ║ │
│║ of notes, and he writes his melodies well, but ║ │
│║ his tone is very reminiscent of a lot of German ║ │
│║ Gothic bands who use the same style (Dreadful ║ │
│║ Shadows, for example), only not in the same low ║ │
│║ pitch. That being said, I feel that his ║ │
│║ performance here is superior and more diverse ║ │
│║ than on Lying in Wait, and the musical content ║ │
│║ of this effort is so good that the slightly ║ │
│║ awkward lines are easily forgiven. ║ │
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│║ Symbols for the Blue Times is largely a concept ║ │
│║ that explores the emotional resonance of the ║ │
│║ urban landscape, granting it an almost mythic ║ │
│║ quality. The lyrics are an odd roller coaster of ║ │
│║ visceral, depressing imagery ("World in Veins") ║ │
│║ and epic struggles ("Garbage Canyons") and ║ │
│║ despite its tendency to lay out the listener on ║ │
│║ the cold pavement, its often quite surreal and ║ │
│║ beautiful. My personal favorite tracks here are ║ │
│║ "Garbage Canyons", which opens with a stream of ║ │
│║ clean guitars to a floe of subtle, melodic ║ │
│║ chords and thrashing, Lubitzki whipping up a ║ │
│║ storm of focused emotion, beautiful if minimal ║ │
│║ guitar lines breathing beauty into the bridge; ║ │
│║ and "Hut", which is a mechanical, lumbering ║ │
│║ titan of sorrow delivered through riffing ║ │
│║ punctuation. But many others deserve mention: ║ │
│║ the surging and playful "We Hate Happy Ends", ║ │
│║ the solemn, rampant subdual of "Neptune Roars", ║ │
│║ the mystical "Rusty Cells" (similar in structure ║ │
│║ to "Garbage Canyons"), and the glorious yet ║ │
│║ morose finale "Mother Salvation". ║ │
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│║ Depressive Age had the potential here to branch ║ │
│║ out wide beyond the few thrashers listening to ║ │
│║ them, for the material written for this is quite ║ │
│║ accessible to fans of progressive rock or even ║ │
│║ popular rock. The mix is good and clear, as bold ║ │
│║ as Lying in Wait, and every guitar melody rings ║ │
│║ like crystal. I wouldn't dub the album ║ │
│║ experimental, and the band would go a lot ║ │
│║ further out for their follow-up Electric Scum, ║ │
│║ but there's certainly a lot less of the ║ │
│║ thrashing of the debut First Depression, and a ║ │
│║ moodier influence from Gothic rock and perhaps ║ │
│║ even a dash of the more mainstream melodic ║ │
│║ grunge (Alice in Chains). The one hurdle here ║ │
│║ was probably Jan's vocals, which aren't bad, but ║ │
│║ wavering and different enough to turn off those ║ │
│║ seeking the higher pitched screamers that ║ │
│║ dominated progressive metal. Otherwise this ║ │
│║ album could have been huge news. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Real Love [03:58] │
│ 02 - Hills of the Thrills [04:35] │
│ 03 - World in Veins [04:37] │
│ 04 - Garbage Canyons [04:15] │
│ 05 - Hut [05:00] │
│ 06 - Subway Tree [04:27] │
│ 07 - Port Graveyard [04:14] │
│ 08 - We Hate Happy Ends [03:46] │
│ 09 - Friend Within [05:29] │
│ 10 - Neptune Roars [03:50] │
│ 11 - Sorry, Mr. Pain [03:47] │
│ 12 - Kotze! [02:37] │
│ 13 - Rusty Cells [04:36] │
│ 14 - Mother Salvation [05:04] │
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│ Total Length : [60:15 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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