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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-27-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Thrash Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1990 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........14 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Cronos Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Dancing In The Fire Label : Neat ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Much like the old joke of Celtic Frost taking a ║ │
│║ swim in a cold lake, Venom got severely burnt by ║ │
│║ the fire they started with their beyond ║ │
│║ influential "Welcome To Hell" album. Shortly ║ │
│║ after the lukewarm reception of "At War With ║ │
│║ Satan" and the somewhat bad reviews and even ║ │
│║ poor reception of "Possessed", Cronos left. Well ║ │
│║ that was in 1987...and this comes out in 1990? I ║ │
│║ am not surprised. I mean after essentially 3 ║ │
│║ well-recieved albums and establishing a name for ║ │
│║ himself Cronos decided to play it safe in 1990 ║ │
│║ with playing a very traditional-type of Heavy ║ │
│║ Metal that is caught in a weird sort of no man's ║ │
│║ land where basically no one wants to really ║ │
│║ listen to it because of how exactly it sounds. ║ │
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│║ There are parts that are very tradtional power ║ │
│║ metal soundings in the vein of Accept/Anvil ║ │
│║ circa 1982(yes I am using old terminology that ║ │
│║ is somewhat outdated, but it's the closest thing ║ │
│║ I can think of) with hints of...Anthrax??? ║ │
│║ WTF??? It's not bad. It's an interesting style ║ │
│║ where the two different styles compliment each ║ │
│║ other as far as melodies and such go, but then ║ │
│║ when Cronos kicks in with his singing.....he ║ │
│║ sounds like fucking Blackie Lawless almost or a ║ │
│║ traditional U.S. Heavy Metal front man from L.A. ║ │
│║ in 1980. "Oh but Siggy....you are basically ║ │
│║ describing the era which he came from." WRONG! ║ │
│║ Cronos sounded like a rabid, ravenous, rancid- ║ │
│║ smelling dog compared to what was going on in ║ │
│║ the states if you remember correctly. Cronos in ║ │
│║ Venom is one thing...but Cronos solo? This is ║ │
│║ like him trying to find more acceptance of ║ │
│║ sounding more akin to fucking Chuck Billy ║ │
│║ (Testament) than sneering about all hell is ║ │
│║ breaking loose. Yes I just gave Cronos 3 or 4 ║ │
│║ different comparisons but that's how ║ │
│║ inconsistent this album is. At least with Venom ║ │
│║ you get consistency, but not here. Again, this ║ │
│║ is the sound of Cronos just wanting a bit more ║ │
│║ acceptance from the mainstream. ║ │
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│║ For the first part of the album it's really ║ │
│║ good. I mean despite the schizo-ness of the ║ │
│║ music trying to decide what it wants to be, it's ║ │
│║ enjoyable. "Fantasia" (pronounced "phan-ta-zi- ║ │
│║ a"...), "Terrorize"(very "Madhouse"-riff ║ │
│║ inspired), "Dancing In the Fire", and ║ │
│║ "Speedball" are all not very memorable songs, ║ │
│║ but at heart are catchy metal songs. For the ║ │
│║ most part I really don't find any fault with ║ │
│║ them until we hit "I'll Be Back" which takes ║ │
│║ that interesting Power/Thrash/Traditional metal ║ │
│║ sound and throws it out the window for a half- ║ │
│║ assed attempt at a power ballad. Lame. The ║ │
│║ Terminator would be pissed. Then almost right ║ │
│║ after that short bump in the road, "Vampyr" ║ │
│║ starts off with an kooky-sounding demonic intro ║ │
│║ and then gets more towards something that is ║ │
│║ more akin to Venom. Vocally Cronos is still ║ │
│║ fucking around, but musically we see this song ║ │
│║ being more concentrated. "Old Enough To Bleed" ║ │
│║ is straight-up Venom. Oh Cronos you fucking ║ │
│║ tease. "Painkiller" (no relation to the Priest) ║ │
│║ goes back to the sound on "Terrorize." ║ │
│║ "Boobytrap"....AVOID THIS FUCKING SONG BY ALL ║ │
│║ MEANS. From there on out it's hard for me to ║ │
│║ take anything from the rest of this album ║ │
│║ seriously. Ever wanted to know what it would ║ │
│║ sound like if Cronos were to do a song in the ║ │
│║ vein of John Zorn's Naked City? Listen to that. ║ │
│║ It's migraine inducing. ║ │
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│║ This is the sad part of fronting a very famous ║ │
│║ metal band for so long; you get pigeonholed. ║ │
│║ Some front men are able to move on and re-invent ║ │
│║ themselves over time. Not Cronos. Cronos is more ║ │
│║ like an older but not yet-fully matured older ║ │
│║ male who was famous in '83 but in '90 is ║ │
│║ scratching his head thinking "What happened?". ║ │
│║ "Dancing With Fire" is one of those albums that ║ │
│║ is like reminiscing of like watching porn on HBO ║ │
│║ in the 80's. You remember how fun it was as a ║ │
│║ kid to stay up late after your folks went to bed ║ │
│║ and you could ALMOST make out the scrambled ║ │
│║ pictures on the cable box, but if you tried to ║ │
│║ do it today....it wouldn't have the same effect. ║ │
│║ By all means, listen to "Dancing With Fire" if ║ │
│║ you are curious, but just keep moving on. I'm ║ │
│║ sure there is a Quorthon solo album that is way ║ │
│║ better. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - fantasia [02:44] │
│ 02 - terrorize [04:20] │
│ 03 - dancing in the fire [05:03] │
│ 04 - speedball [02:14] │
│ 05 - i┤be back [03:42] │
│ 06 - vampyr [04:32] │
│ 07 - old enough to bleed [03:45] │
│ 08 - paintkiller [02:43] │
│ 09 - booby trap [03:20] │
│ 10 - bad reputation [03:29] │
│ 11 - hell to the unknow [02:59] │
│ 12 - my girl [02:28] │
│ 13 - chinese whispers [01:43] │
│ 14 - at war with satan [05:42] │
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│ Total Length : [48:44 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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