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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-19-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.viciousrumors.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Vicious Rumors Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Warball Label : Mascot ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ So, after the band spent several albums plodding ║ │
│║ around in the ultimately worthless depths of ║ │
│║ forgettable groove metal, Warball sees Vicious ║ │
│║ Rumors taking a much needed step in the other ║ │
│║ direction, back towards their USPM roots. A good ║ │
│║ thing, too - from the moment Sonic Rebellion ║ │
│║ opens the album by immediatelysmashing your face ║ │
│║ in with a barrage of technical leads and catchy ║ │
│║ riffs it is abundantly clear that Vicious Rumors ║ │
│║ is perfectly capable of reliving the style of ║ │
│║ their earlier albums, in all its explosive ║ │
│║ glory. ║ │
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│║ And for the most part, this album pulls off the ║ │
│║ return-to-roots fairly well, keeping the ║ │
│║ momentum up for the first half of the album with ║ │
│║ an admirable slew of classic VR-styled tracks, ║ │
│║ albeit with a few minor missteps (the chorus of ║ │
│║ Dying Every Day simply doesn't work all that ║ │
│║ well, and Warball drags on a bit too long with ║ │
│║ its crawling pace). The style is deliciously ║ │
│║ late-80's, with lots of Digital Dictator-esque ║ │
│║ gang shouts and rocking riffs that will have you ║ │
│║ headbanging in no time. The production is nice ║ │
│║ and raw, while still crisp and clear. ║ │
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│║ Unfortunately, the second half of the album sees ║ │
│║ the band stumbling and seemingly running out of ║ │
│║ steam, before suddenly falling off a cliff. ║ │
│║ Crossthreaded is good enough, but sports vocal ║ │
│║ work done mainly by Geoff Thorpe which, while ║ │
│║ Thorpe is certainly a reasonably good vocalist, ║ │
│║ simply doesn't make sense when you have James ║ │
│║ Rivera available. Wheels of Madness is the last ║ │
│║ truly awesome track of the album, sporting a ║ │
│║ catchy chorus and some truly astounding leads. ║ │
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│║ Windows of Memory, however, sees the band ║ │
│║ attempting a soft, serene ballad and not really ║ │
│║ succeeding, coming off as sappy and forced ║ │
│║ instead of emotional and moving. This certainly ║ │
│║ isn't on the level of Children, or even When ║ │
│║ Love Comes Down. A Ghost Within follows, ║ │
│║ introduced by some spooky atmospherics, yet even ║ │
│║ when it erupts into a galloping monster it is ║ │
│║ hampered by the really oddly overdubbed vocals, ║ │
│║ with almost every line in the chorus doubled by ║ │
│║ James Rivera's falsetto. The man has a great ║ │
│║ voice, but the execution is simply grating and ║ │
│║ it greatly detracts from the song. Oceans of ║ │
│║ Rage ends the album about as poorly as possible, ║ │
│║ with Thorpe on vocals again (why are they doing ║ │
│║ this?), really bland riffs, and, to top it off, ║ │
│║ some thoroughly awful screaming throughout. ║ │
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│║ So essentially what we have here is a great ║ │
│║ return-to-form that sputters and dies at the ║ │
│║ very end. I don't know what happened could ║ │
│║ effect such a sudden drop in quality towards the ║ │
│║ last few songs, but regardless it's not enough ║ │
│║ to really bring down the album. Avoid the last ║ │
│║ three tracks (two of which are mediocre, the ║ │
│║ other terrible) and you have a winner. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
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│║ Geoff Thorpe - Guitars, Lead and Backing vocals ║ │
│║ James Rivera - Vocals ║ │
│║ Larry Howe - Drums and backing vocals ║ │
│║ Dave Starr - Bass ║ │
│║ Thaen Rasmussen - Lead guitar on tracks 2, 7 and ║ │
│║ 8 ║ │
│║ Brad Gillis - Lead guitar on tracks 1 thru 4 and ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Sonic Rebellion [02:55] │
│ 02 - Mr. Miracle [04:52] │
│ 03 - Dying Every Day [04:45] │
│ 04 - Immortal [03:55] │
│ 05 - Warball [06:22] │
│ 06 - Crossthreaded [04:46] │
│ 07 - Wheels Of Madness [03:46] │
│ 08 - Windows Of Memory [03:04] │
│ 09 - A Ghost Within [04:56] │
│ 10 - Oceans Of Rage [03:39] │
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│ Total Length : [43:00 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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