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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-06-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2007 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.nuclearblast.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : VA Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Nuclear Blast Allstars-Into ThLabel : Nuclear Blast ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Well, here's a surprise. I dismissed this from ║ │
│║ the start, not expecting much, as this is naught ║ │
│║ more than a commercial label ploy meant to ║ │
│║ advertise various bands and artists on the ║ │
│║ label, but this is really not bad at all. Driven ║ │
│║ mainly by Victor Smolski of Rage (Ger) fame, ║ │
│║ Into the Light is quite a tight, enjoyable ║ │
│║ affair if you're a fan of heavy/power metal in ║ │
│║ the least. ║ │
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│║ Don't be fooled by the commercial air ║ │
│║ surrounding this, for it is not nearly as bad as ║ │
│║ you would think. Smolski's songwriting talent ║ │
│║ shines through, as he has written every song ║ │
│║ here, and most of them are metal tunes far too ║ │
│║ complex and challenging for radio airplay of any ║ │
│║ sort. The coolest thing about this is that ║ │
│║ somehow every song sounds both like a Rage song ║ │
│║ and also like a song from whichever band the ║ │
│║ singer happened to come from. He's written a ║ │
│║ disc full of songs that both stay true to his ║ │
│║ signature style and venture into several other ║ │
│║ styles of several other, very different, bands - ║ │
│║ "Slaves to the Desert" could be on A Night At ║ │
│║ the Opera, "Perfect Day" both has a ║ │
│║ Helloweenesque song title and doesn't stray far ║ │
│║ from the formula set by those wacky Germans, and ║ │
│║ "Inner Sanctuary" is a dead-ringer for Tarot's ║ │
│║ Suffer Our Pleasures, right down to the ║ │
│║ bombastic keys backing the riffs. I could ║ │
│║ describe every song here, but the point is that ║ │
│║ Smolski is a songwriting chameleon here, and I'd ║ │
│║ definitely like to see him do more varied ║ │
│║ projects alongside the mandatory Rage - he is a ║ │
│║ truly excellent guitarist. ║ │
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│║ Tobias Sammet puts on an admirable performance ║ │
│║ on the crunching opener "Dirty Wings," using a ║ │
│║ lower, grittier register than usual while still ║ │
│║ being recognizable, and I have to say that this ║ │
│║ is the best song here, as somehow the man's ║ │
│║ voice fits like a glove with Smolski's bushels ║ │
│║ of kinetic heavy metal riffs, and the chorus is ║ │
│║ stickier than Gorilla Glue. Right on it's coat- ║ │
│║ tails is "Terrified" - apparently an all-out ║ │
│║ Rage song, as it has every member of the band ║ │
│║ playing in it - jam packed with the same ║ │
│║ frantic, dark crunch as Rage's last few outings, ║ │
│║ as well as a winding bass solo that will blow ║ │
│║ your mind. Peavy Wagner's rough and ready snarl ║ │
│║ is at 100% here, and he sounds great. "Inner ║ │
│║ Sanctuary" is also all kinds of awesome, and ║ │
│║ even moreso if you love Tarot as much as I do - ║ │
│║ Hietala puts on his best performance in years ║ │
│║ here! This is total Suffer Our Pleasures ║ │
│║ material, and you need to hear it now. "Death is ║ │
│║ Alive" features Therion's Mats Levin, and it's ║ │
│║ quite cool; a dark, grisly grinder with ║ │
│║ mechanical rhythms and ominous synths. Very cool ║ │
│║ song. "In the Picture" is also surprisingly ║ │
│║ good, featuring Tarja Turunen, and much better ║ │
│║ than most of Once by itself - this is what that ║ │
│║ abomination should've been. Also worth ║ │
│║ mentioning are the short, fun jaunts "Ruling the ║ │
│║ World" and "Perfect Day" featuring Tony Kakko ║ │
│║ and Andi Deris respectively, two explosive, ║ │
│║ jubilant bursts of catchy goodness that are sure ║ │
│║ to cater to fans of the lighter side of the ║ │
│║ power metal spectrum. ║ │
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│║ This is dragged down by a certain inconsistency ║ │
│║ in individual song quality, though, as we have ║ │
│║ dull clunkers like "Eternally," featuring ║ │
│║ Communic vocalist Oddlief Stensland, and the ║ │
│║ terminally boring "Slaves to the Desert," which ║ │
│║ despite featuring excellent vocals from Hansi ║ │
│║ Kursch, is not a very interesting song at all. ║ │
│║ "Bloodsucker" is a weird one, boasting the ║ │
│║ throaty yowling of Destruction's Marcel ║ │
│║ Schirmer. It's a good song, just very, very out ║ │
│║ of place with Smolski's guitar wizardry and the ║ │
│║ morass of power metal virtuosos the rest of the ║ │
│║ songs have, which sort of breaks the album up. I ║ │
│║ also have to say that despite the fact that this ║ │
│║ is a good album, the material here just isn't as ║ │
│║ good as the stuff from each singer's individual ║ │
│║ band. It's good, but not THAT good. Get it for ║ │
│║ the guitarwork and some good songs, but don't ║ │
│║ expect anything too groundbreaking. Recommended ║ │
│║ to power metal fans. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Dirty Wings (Feat. Tobias Sammet) [04:53] │
│ 02 - Terrified (Feat. Peter Peavey Wagner) [04:01] │
│ 03 - Ruling The World (Feat. Tony Kakko) [02:55] │
│ 04 - Death Is Alive (Feat. Mats Leven) [06:21] │
│ 05 - Bloodsucker (Feat. Marcel Schirmer) [03:21] │
│ 06 - Slaves To The Desert (Feat. Hansi Kursch) [06:49] │
│ 07 - A Perfect Day (Feat. Andi deris) [03:59] │
│ 08 - Eternally (Feat. Odleif Stensland) [05:37] │
│ 09 - Inner Sanctuary (Feat. Marco Hietala) [04:29] │
│ 10 - The Picture (Feat. Tarja Turunen) [07:28] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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