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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Hibria - Blinded By Tokyo Live In Japan + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-08-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.hibria.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Hibria Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Blinded By Tokyo Live In JapanLabel : Cleopatra ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Japan loves their heavy metal, in many forms. ║ │
│║ They definitely dig melodic and heavy power ║ │
│║ metal, especially from South America and the ║ │
│║ European theater. It's no wonder that Brazilian ║ │
│║ power metal band Hibria chose to record their ║ │
│║ first live album in Tokyo, after all they are on ║ │
│║ Japan's King Records as well. ║ │
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│║ From the start, I'll tell you this is my first ║ │
│║ experience with Hibria, and I'm rather ║ │
│║ impressed. But first some details about Blinded ║ │
│║ By Tokyo - Live in Japan. It's a DVD/CD package ║ │
│║ featuring a full concert recorded at Shinagawa ║ │
│║ Prince Stellar Ball in Tokyo in May 2011. The ║ │
│║ only difference between the DVD and CD is the ║ │
│║ inclusion of three more song on the former. ║ │
│║ Essentially, then, the DVD is a visual record of ║ │
│║ the audio performance. With this said, we'll ║ │
│║ consider the DVD record of the concert. ║ │
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│║ As to the video quality, I played the DVD on my ║ │
│║ 47" Sony digital wide screen television: it ║ │
│║ looked quite good. But you'll need to push it ║ │
│║ through a decent sound system to get the best ║ │
│║ effect, which I don't have with my Sony. Then I ║ │
│║ played it through my computer which is attached ║ │
│║ to an old school analog four speaker system. ║ │
│║ NIce. ║ │
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│║ The best thing about the video recording is that ║ │
│║ there is no dumbass and weird special effects ║ │
│║ like fadeouts, split screens, and other ║ │
│║ nonsense. It's the band, individual player ║ │
│║ shots, and crowd scenes that make the cut. The ║ │
│║ music gets pushed to the forefront. ║ │
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│║ To the music then: this is a very strong, well- ║ │
│║ recorded, live album. Every player and every ║ │
│║ instrument is clear and equally balanced across ║ │
│║ the entire album. Sometimes there's an uneven ║ │
│║ volume control as on The Skull Collectors, by ║ │
│║ example,, but it doesn't detract from the ║ │
│║ concert. ║ │
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│║ While the video and audio aspects are important, ║ │
│║ more important is the band's performance. Are ║ │
│║ they lively and enthusiastic? Yes. Are they ║ │
│║ bringing they 'A game' or simply going through ║ │
│║ the motions? Yes to the former, No to the ║ │
│║ latter. Fundamentally, are they playing at their ║ │
│║ best and playing to their fans pleasure? ║ │
│║ Definitely. High marks go to the rhythm section: ║ │
│║ bassist Benhur Lima and drummer Eduardo Baldo, ║ │
│║ who is quite the talented and enthusiastic ║ │
│║ fellow. ║ │
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│║ Okay, now you're wondering, what's the downside? ║ │
│║ Nothing, really, except more and better bonus ║ │
│║ material would have been great, like concert ║ │
│║ commentary, travels in Japan, or backstage ║ │
│║ antics. ║ │
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│║ While Blinded By Tokyo offers a good cross ║ │
│║ section of Hibria's three albums, here's my top ║ │
│║ picks: The Skull Collectors, Living Under Ice, ║ │
│║ Sea of Revenge, Welcome to the Horror Show, ║ │
│║ Sight of Blindness, and the encore Tiger Punch. ║ │
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│║ If you don't know Hibria, then Blinded By Tokyo ║ │
│║ is a welcome introduction. Hibria's Blinded By ║ │
│║ Tokyo is, from both the audio and visual sides, ║ │
│║ an impressive and entertaining glimpse of this ║ │
│║ talented Brazilian melodic power metal band. You ║ │
│║ can get the DVD/CD package for 15 bucks from ║ │
│║ Cleopatra Records, possibly less at Amazon. Such ║ │
│║ a deal. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Blind Ride [00:52] │
│ 02 - Nonconforming Minds [04:33] │
│ 03 - Shoot Me Down [04:09] │
│ 04 - Welcom To The Horror Show [04:19] │
│ 05 - Living Under Ice [05:07] │
│ 06 - Defying The Rules [06:13] │
│ 07 - Blinded By Faith [04:41] │
│ 08 - The Shelter's On Fire [04:55] │
│ 09 - The Anger Inside [06:29] │
│ 10 - The Skull Collectors [04:04] │
│ 11 - Sight Of Blindness [07:35] │
│ 12 - Intro [Wings Of Wax] [01:35] │
│ 13 - Tiger Punch [04:23] │
│ 14 - Steel Lord On Wheels [04:09] │
│ 15 - Rotten Souls [06:57] │
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│ Total Length : [70:01 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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