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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jul-10-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.vindictiv.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Vindictiv Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Cage Of Infinity Label : Escape ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ After leaving RAVEN LORD's boat on the eve of ║ │
│║ the release of their first album, shred maestro ║ │
│║ / guitar wizard Stefan Lindholm (ex-FIRECRACKER) ║ │
│║ has resurrected his solo project and ║ │
│║ unexpectedly, he chose to walk the same musical ║ │
│║ path as his past band, indeed the updated music ║ │
│║ presented in ôCage of Infinityö, is an improved ║ │
│║ straight, right to the guts Power Metal and it ║ │
│║ sounds quite similar to Csaba ZvekanÆs RAVEN ║ │
│║ LORD sound style. ║ │
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│║ ItÆs a major transforming and a spectacular ║ │
│║ mutation that occurred overnight, the Prog ║ │
│║ influences are dramatically gone for good with ║ │
│║ the replacement of veteran vocalist Goran Edman ║ │
│║ (ex-MADISON / ex-RISING FORCE / ex-GLORY / ex- ║ │
│║ TIME REQUIEM), and now VINDICTIV sounds more ║ │
│║ like a dangerous ferocious war-machine than ║ │
│║ before and, I think itÆs an understatement ║ │
│║ indeed (ôThe Chosenö), instead of an cerebral ║ │
│║ maturated Progressive Metal as shown with ║ │
│║ ôGround Zeroö in 2009 on the contrary here, we ║ │
│║ have a savage Power Metal blowing speakers ║ │
│║ album, with as always a strong focus on his ║ │
│║ fantastic soloing abilities, displayed in many ║ │
│║ spots where he can deliver his acrobatic high ║ │
│║ tech licks full of Swedish patented Neo- ║ │
│║ Classical minor scales, extensively filled with ║ │
│║ loads of amazing shredding patterns and knitting ║ │
│║ parts: the whole embellished and complemented by ║ │
│║ virtuoso appoggiaturas (ôThe Encounterö) the ║ │
│║ more accurate comparison could have been PRIMAL ║ │
│║ FEAR / BRAINSTORM meets IMPELLITTERI / MIND ║ │
│║ ODYSSEY. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Third cut ôDown In a Black Holeö sounds more ║ │
│║ like US Metal spiced by some Germanic overtones. ║ │
│║ The songs ôHuman Emergencyö or ôAstronautö are ║ │
│║ nevertheless still in a more melodic side and it ║ │
│║ recall thatÆs Lindholm is not just a fast ║ │
│║ shredding engine but also a very gifted guy when ║ │
│║ it comes to compose songs and writing hooks and ║ │
│║ addictive themes (ôResistanceö), this particular ║ │
│║ approach in their style is something to ║ │
│║ cultivate in order to keep the combination of ║ │
│║ both furious and clever sounds as an real asset ║ │
│║ for this Swedish band under a wings of endless ║ │
│║ progression and improvements. ║ │
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│║ For a real, complete and successful ║ │
│║ metamorphosis, a new revamped casting is most of ║ │
│║ the time an obligation. The new singer is ║ │
│║ stunning Italian born Marco Sandron (ex- ║ │
│║ PATHOSPRAY / ex-EDENÆS CURSE) who proves his ║ │
│║ greatness, indeed he had to challenge the fame ║ │
│║ of the legendary Mr. Edman but he had also to ║ │
│║ step in, after Andi Kravljaca (AEON ZEN / ║ │
│║ NERGARD / ex-SEVENTH WONDER) and Tommy Karevik ║ │
│║ (KAMELOT / SEVENTH WONDER / ex-FIRECRAKER), but ║ │
│║ happily he has succeed: Maybe it was the best ║ │
│║ way to show to the world why his reputation was ║ │
│║ that big, and why, it wasnÆt stolen or a fluke. ║ │
│║ His singing performance is indeed world class ║ │
│║ and he showed that he can play in the same ║ │
│║ circle as his famous predecessors and his future ║ │
│║ seems quite bright for a stardom destiny. ║ │
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│║ The remaining members are highly skilled too, ║ │
│║ notably veteran bass player Nalley Pahlsson ║ │
│║ (L.A.D. / TREAT / THERION / ALFONZETTI) who with ║ │
│║ the help of his buddy Henrik Hedman (ex-LAST ║ │
│║ KINGDOM) is forming an unmoving rhythm brigade ║ │
│║ solid as a swedish mountain and of course the ║ │
│║ excellent ex-FIRECRAKER Keyboardist Pontus ║ │
│║ Larsson who shared some lead breaks with ║ │
│║ Lindholm in the great Malmsteen / Johansson ║ │
│║ manner. ║ │
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│║ Power Metal is a genre that is growing by leaps ║ │
│║ and bounds (dixit Steinmetal), but itÆs a Metal ║ │
│║ style in perpetual mutation and this band is one ║ │
│║ of the few able to lift up and break the ║ │
│║ frontiers between Prog and Power, to reach ║ │
│║ another new step in the fusion between those ║ │
│║ highly tagged alloy of glorious HM sub style. ║ │
│║ Buy or listen to Greek EurovisionÆs contestant ║ │
│║ instead. ║ │
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│║ Marco Sandron - Vocals ║ │
│║ Stefan Lindholm - Guitars ║ │
│║ Pontus Larsson - Keyboards ║ │
│║ Nalle Pσhlsson - Bass ║ │
│║ Henrik Hedman - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Chosen [03:58] │
│ 02 - Cage Of Infinity [04:36] │
│ 03 - Down In A Black Hole [03:55] │
│ 04 - Choices [03:23] │
│ 05 - Astronaut [03:28] │
│ 06 - Human Emergency [03:54] │
│ 07 - Resistance [04:41] │
│ 08 - Orphans [04:29] │
│ 09 - Son Of Fate [05:05] │
│ 10 - The Encounter [05:28] │
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