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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Ares - About Metal + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-01-2013 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........08 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... Myspace ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Ares Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : About Metal Label : Brennus Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ http://www.myspace.com/aresfrance ║ │
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│║ Ares plays metal and if you don't believe me, ║ │
│║ you just have to look at the name of their first ║ │
│║ album, About Metal, or even check the number of ║ │
│║ bands which have the same name to understand ║ │
│║ that we're into the land of clichΘ! Bad or good, ║ │
│║ this is just a matter of taste but if you're ║ │
│║ just looking for classic power metal, let's say ║ │
│║ that you shouldn't be disappointed by this ║ │
│║ release, or at least that you'll find some good ║ │
│║ songs for you. ║ │
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│║ Ares plays heavy power metal, their music is not ║ │
│║ terrible but it's classic to death and the album ║ │
│║ can be quickly boring if you're not a die-hard ║ │
│║ fans of the genre and don't need to be surprised ║ │
│║ when you buy an album (after all, why notà). The ║ │
│║ singer, Damien Gaudois, an sings with really ║ │
│║ high pitched vocals a la King Diamond or ║ │
│║ Manowar. He is not so bad and the songs aren't ║ │
│║ ridiculous but do you have a real interest to ║ │
│║ buy an album of an unknown French band when it ║ │
│║ can be easier to find classics of the genre in ║ │
│║ every CDs shops on Earth? I don't know maybe ║ │
│║ that some of you are still looking for rarities ║ │
│║ and in that case this is obvious that Ares is ║ │
│║ not a mega commercial combo but even if their ║ │
│║ music remains correct, with all what you need to ║ │
│║ find in a heavy power metal release (guitars ║ │
│║ solos, good riffs and catchy choruses) there is ║ │
│║ nothing new here and this is sad. ║ │
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│║ As I told you already, About Metal clearly ║ │
│║ suffers of the fact that it's just too clichΘ. ║ │
│║ The lyrics and music are clichΘ, the name and ║ │
│║ titles are clichΘ, the production is clichΘ, ║ │
│║ just have a look at the cover artwork and you'll ║ │
│║ see what I mean. Why, seriously, why a majority ║ │
│║ of bands which play heavy metal just want to ║ │
│║ follow trends? Can't they be a bit original ║ │
│║ sometime, seriously? Manowar is Manowar, and we ║ │
│║ don't need to have other bands like that. ║ │
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│║ What can I add really? About Metal cannot be ║ │
│║ considered as a bad release but this is just too ║ │
│║ basic and clichΘ to be really entertaining. Sure ║ │
│║ we have some good songs here but I doubt that a ║ │
│║ lot of metalheads will want to lose their time ║ │
│║ to discover such sooooo classic bandsà If you're ║ │
│║ someone who want to have everything of a genre ║ │
│║ ok, that's alright but if you're bored by ║ │
│║ classic releases without any real soul, sorry ║ │
│║ but go away, Ares will not bring any new ║ │
│║ sensations to your spirit. But after all, ║ │
│║ obviously these guys just wanted to do good old ║ │
│║ heavy metal without any pretention I suppose, so ║ │
│║ after all, we cannot blame the guys to just do ║ │
│║ what they like to do! ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ Damien Gaudois: vocals ║ │
│║ Stephane Petit: guitars ║ │
│║ Frederick Allanic: guitars ║ │
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