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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-17-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.satanmusic.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Satan Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Life Sentence Label : Listenable ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ British heavy metal band, Satan, have had an ║ │
│║ awkward run of ever-shifting band names and ║ │
│║ members, releasing albums under the titles Blind ║ │
│║ Fury and Pariah, the entity of Satan only ever ║ │
│║ released two albums: their seminal, yet cult ║ │
│║ classic 1983 debut, Court in the Act, and their ║ │
│║ 1987 ôsophomoreö effort, Suspended Sentence. The ║ │
│║ most notable difference between the two being ║ │
│║ the change in vocalist, Suspended Sentence being ║ │
│║ fronted my Michael J. Jackson, who wasnÆt a bad ║ │
│║ vocalist, but didnÆt live up to the standard set ║ │
│║ by Brian Ross. And with the less-than-stellar ║ │
│║ standard of face-melting riffs, Suspended ║ │
│║ Sentence faded away into the shadow of the ║ │
│║ bandÆs debut, the band abandoned the Satan name ║ │
│║ and remained largely overlooked in the metal ║ │
│║ scene. To the joy of fans everywhere, the band ║ │
│║ reformed under the Satan name, and with the ║ │
│║ original Court in the Act line-up, in 2011. ║ │
│║ Thirty years after the fact, Satan have returned ║ │
│║ with a true successor to their debut and an ║ │
│║ album that could barely be fathomed in 2013; ║ │
│║ Life Sentence is the essence of 80s heavy metal, ║ │
│║ epitomised in forty-four minutes of the ║ │
│║ catchiest riffs and solos youÆll hear in modern ║ │
│║ metal.s ║ │
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│║ Picking up where Court in the Act left off, Life ║ │
│║ Sentence throws the listener right into a ║ │
│║ barrage of riffs and linear, yet rhythmically ║ │
│║ satisfying drum beats. RossÆ vocals kicking in ║ │
│║ without so much as losing a single ounce of ║ │
│║ familiarity in thirty years, ôThey say thereÆs ║ │
│║ no future for me/locked in the tower, I be/until ║ │
│║ the day the hangman calls my name/the gallowsÆ ║ │
│║ rows stand straight and tall/until itÆs time to ║ │
│║ dieö, each little vocal inflection expertly ║ │
│║ covered with an alternate riff that just adds to ║ │
│║ the excitement in these opening moments of æTime ║ │
│║ to DieÆ, the song progressing, changing time ║ │
│║ signatures to make way for a deep, melodic ║ │
│║ guitar solo and RossÆ unforgettable falsetto. ║ │
│║ ItÆs as the track finishes and the listener is ║ │
│║ left with a heavy head that the full realisation ║ │
│║ of SatanÆs return is comprehended. ║ │
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│║ The production, as is to be expected, holds a ║ │
│║ much cleaner sheen compared to the bandÆs ║ │
│║ previous work, decades ago, but still holds up ║ │
│║ with a crisp and audible sound protruding from ║ │
│║ each instrument. The guitars sound harmonic and ║ │
│║ sharp, the bass is deep and percussive, yet not ║ │
│║ too in-the-way, the drums sound a tad too ║ │
│║ crunchy, but not so much that it would detract ║ │
│║ from the albumÆs quality. Drummer, Sean Taylor, ║ │
│║ tends to stick to simple drum patterns, playing ║ │
│║ basic beats that accompany the music with a ║ │
│║ noticeable groove, the way your head, feet, ║ │
│║ hands or entire body will prove evident with the ║ │
│║ amount of exercise this album finds you in. ║ │
│║ Taylor still manages to pull out some mind- ║ │
│║ bogglingly terrific fills, in the sense that it ║ │
│║ all feels so simple, yet is so fluidly perfect ║ │
│║ for the style of music, most evident on ║ │
│║ æTestimonyÆ, in which the song opens with a ║ │
│║ delicious snare fill and a riff that can tear ║ │
│║ down walls. Everything about this song is as ║ │
│║ on-point as it could be, RossÆ vocals fling hook ║ │
│║ after hook, Steve Ramsey and Russ Tuppins on the ║ │
│║ guitars just blast out some of the most ║ │
│║ memorable riffs in recent times; midway through ║ │
│║ the song, the guitars breaking into a fantastic ║ │
│║ arpeggio and solo that make the (arguably) best ║ │
│║ moment on the album. Bass shines all throughout, ║ │
│║ but takes centre stage to intro the track æTears ║ │
│║ of BloodÆ, in which I could also write a ║ │
│║ paragraph about in terms of how coherent and ║ │
│║ just damn good it sounds. ║ │
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│║ In point of how one could almost unwillingly ║ │
│║ choose to talk about each and every song on this ║ │
│║ record, each song having defining moments for ║ │
│║ the album: bringing about the consciousness of ║ │
│║ how each and every moment of this album takes ║ │
│║ the audience in depth to completely engage and ║ │
│║ please the listener. While nothing new for the ║ │
│║ band, Life Sentence has no need to be, taking ║ │
│║ inspiration straight from the bandÆs roots and ║ │
│║ delivering on every front, this album is nothing ║ │
│║ short of a sheer delight to listen to. And ║ │
│║ despite all the album does well, it has one ║ │
│║ shortcoming: there are not nearly enough ║ │
│║ falsettos. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Time To Die [03:43] │
│ 02 - Twenty Twenty Five [04:52] │
│ 03 - Cenotaph [04:07] │
│ 04 - Siege Mentality [04:43] │
│ 05 - Incantations [05:22] │
│ 06 - Testimony [03:57] │
│ 07 - Tears Of Blood [04:16] │
│ 08 - Life Sentence [03:25] │
│ 09 - Personal Demons [04:01] │
│ 10 - Another Universe [06:19] │
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│ Total Length : [44:45 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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