┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│■ ■│
│ .-/ .-. │
│ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │
│ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │
│ / || (:/:| \ │
│ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │
│ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │
│ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │
│ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │
│ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │
│ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │
│ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │
│ \:-~ ~-:/ │
│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ P R E S E N T S │
│ │
│ │
│ + Thomsen - Let's Get Ruthless + │
│ │
│ │
│╔═════════════════════╗ │
│║ Release Information ║ │
│╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Release Date.Mar-17-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2009 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.rene-thomsen.de ║ │
│║ ║ │
│╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│╔═════════════════════╗ │
│║ Release Notes ║ │
│╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Artist : Thomsen Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Let's Get Ruthless Label : BRS ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ ║ │
│╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Description : ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ The debut from the German duo of guitarist RenΘ ║ │
│║ Thomsen and Jⁿrgen Wulfes is another of those ║ │
│║ nods to the old school which is unlikely to ║ │
│║ please the modern hive of metal-come-latelies. ║ │
│║ However, for a select few in the old guard, it ║ │
│║ has a certain NWOBHM appeal that shines through ║ │
│║ its similarities to Saxon (Wulfe's meaty ║ │
│║ throatings often recall Biff Byford). Speaking ║ │
│║ of Saxon, the album's myriad guest spots include ║ │
│║ guitarist "Nibbs" Carter. Also appearing are ║ │
│║ Herman Frank (Accept, Sinner, etc), Jan-S÷ren ║ │
│║ Eckert (Iron Savior, Masterplan, etc), Neil ║ │
│║ Murray (Black Sabbath, Empire), Stefan ║ │
│║ Schwarzmann (Accept, Krokus, Helloween, Running ║ │
│║ Wild, U.D.O., X-Wild), and Bobby Jarzombek ║ │
│║ (Riot, Iced Earth, Halford, and many others). ║ │
│║ Yeah...now I'm out of breath. That's a LOT of ║ │
│║ veteran credibility, and proof that Thomsen and ║ │
│║ Wulfes have a very healthy respect for their ║ │
│║ influences. It must have been great fun to work ║ │
│║ with some of them! ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ As far as the music, it's a lot of mid-paced, ║ │
│║ fist pumping material which recalls the 80s hard ║ │
│║ rock/metal fringe emerging from its NWOBHM ║ │
│║ roots. And this is where it works best. ║ │
│║ "Ruthless" opens the album with a big Judas ║ │
│║ Priest-like power metal hook with a dash of ║ │
│║ Sabbath. "Tears of the Sun" has another big hook ║ │
│║ accented by some little keyboard melodies. ║ │
│║ Wulfes gets a pretty deep tone here, sounding ║ │
│║ like a mix of Biff Byford and Blaze Bayley's ║ │
│║ lower range. The song rocks, one of my favorites ║ │
│║ on the album. "Heaven and Hell" features some ║ │
│║ playful guitar licks, and I enjoyed their ║ │
│║ interaction with the vocal lines. "Bang Your ║ │
│║ Head" might have a cliche title, but it's a ║ │
│║ pretty hard rocker which reminds one of a mix ║ │
│║ between Accept and Saxon's Metalhead album. ║ │
│║ "Show Me Your Fear" is down and dirty, with a ║ │
│║ sound like the first two Metal Church albums. ║ │
│║ "Everything I Ever Wanted" is also pretty good. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ If you live and breathe metal from the late 70s ║ │
│║ through the late 80s, in particular NWOBHM ║ │
│║ stuff, ballsy hard rock or German power pioneers ║ │
│║ like Accept or Sinner, then this album is ║ │
│║ targeted at you directly. I read on Thomsen's ║ │
│║ site that some of these tracks were written up ║ │
│║ to 20 years ago, and they sound like it! There ║ │
│║ are a few tracks which don't quite live up to ║ │
│║ the remainder of the experience, but it sounds ║ │
│║ like a fun project and quite loyal to a long ║ │
│║ neglected sound. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ ║ │
│╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│╔═════════════════════╗ │
│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
│╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │
│ │
│ 01 - Ruthless [03:41] │
│ 02 - Tears of the Sun [03:21] │
│ 03 - Time Again [04:01] │
│ 04 - Stand Up and Shout [03:24] │
│ 05 - You and Me [04:52] │
│ 06 - Heaven and Hell [03:48] │
│ 07 - Blind Your Eyes [03:11] │
│ 08 - Bang Your Head [03:42] │
│ 09 - Branded Man [03:50] │
│ 10 - Everything I Ever Wanted [04:13] │
│ 11 - Show Me Your Fear [03:08] │
│ 12 - Your'e in Love [03:54] │
│ │
│ Total Length : [45:05 minn │
│ │
│ │
│ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ ╔═════════════════════╗ │
│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
│ ╚═════════════════════╝ │
│ │
│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│■ ■│
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘