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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Giuntini Project - Giuntini Project IV + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jul-30-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.aldogiuntini.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Giuntini Project Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Giuntini Project IV Label : Escape Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I must confess I'd never really made any effort ║ │
│║ previously to look into Tony Martin's post- ║ │
│║ Sabbath career. I always safely assumed that it ║ │
│║ would be a shoddy aggregation of rehashed covers ║ │
│║ and unadvised stabs at past glory, as is the ║ │
│║ case with most vocalists in particular who leave ║ │
│║ prominent bands (Paul Di'Anno comes to mind). ║ │
│║ I'd never heard of the Giuntini Project either, ║ │
│║ or Aldo Guintini - who on the face of it would ║ │
│║ seemingly number among the numerous obsessive ║ │
│║ and flashy neo-classical shredders lending their ║ │
│║ names to projects. ║ │
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│║ Both rather egregious mistakes. While its true ║ │
│║ the style displayed on this album does largely ║ │
│║ resemble Tony's previous efforts in Black ║ │
│║ Sabbath, its executed with such precision and ║ │
│║ energy that its really hard to call it a mere ║ │
│║ duplication. This can hold its own when compared ║ │
│║ to any of those seminal albums. Giuntini, on his ║ │
│║ part - is barely a pretentious axeman, and has a ║ │
│║ very uncanny sense of melody that dare I say ║ │
│║ rivals Iommi's. A lot of the riffs on here, ║ │
│║ sample the grinding mid-paced crunch of 'Born in ║ │
│║ the Underworld' or the soaring harmonies in the ║ │
│║ fast paced 'If The Dream Comes True' bear a ║ │
│║ style and a swagger that the original ║ │
│║ riffmeister has seemingly lost today. ║ │
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│║ In fact, if anything becomes immediately ║ │
│║ apparent on hearing this - its that Tony Martin, ║ │
│║ more than his former bandmembers is the real ║ │
│║ flagbearer for true heavy metal. His exceptional ║ │
│║ vocal melodies and incredibly clean voicings (he ║ │
│║ surely listened to his share of Rainbow) shine ║ │
│║ through every song on here - whether on the ║ │
│║ standout 'Not the Jealous Kind' which evinces ║ │
│║ immense commercial potential a la 'No Stranger ║ │
│║ to Love' or speedy numbers like 'Perfect Sorrow' ║ │
│║ or 'Saint or Sinner'. Which just makes you ║ │
│║ wonder what could have been if Black Sabbath had ║ │
│║ any semblance of interest in making actual music ║ │
│║ instead of churning out a sub-par regurgitation ║ │
│║ of a time long past with the closest equivalent ║ │
│║ of a particularly anti-musical hobo on vocals. ║ │
│║ The prospect is tantalising, and with great ║ │
│║ regret - can only be forced when someone may ║ │
│║ finally pull the plug on poor Ozzy and put him ║ │
│║ out of his misery. I kid, of course. But if ║ │
│║ anyone truly can, well - you know what to do. ║ │
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│║ There are two instrumentals on the album - and ║ │
│║ in keeping with the general trend to avoid ║ │
│║ excess, they are great rhythmic pieces and ║ │
│║ greatly add to the flow of the album rather than ║ │
│║ detract from it. The last of them, 'Last ║ │
│║ Station' particularly evinces a kind of menacing ║ │
│║ atmosphere which I'd really like to see more of ║ │
│║ in the band. Its clear this band has far more ║ │
│║ potential than they keep themselves to, and ║ │
│║ while they execute their current style with ║ │
│║ excellence bar none - it'd be nice to see them ║ │
│║ progress and play something out of their current ║ │
│║ mould every now and then. The gap between albums ║ │
│║ however reveals that we might not see a sequel ║ │
│║ to this release all too soon, but I definitely ║ │
│║ hope otherwise. And in shirking my presumptions, ║ │
│║ this release gives me incentive to check out ║ │
│║ their back catalog for similarly strong efforts. ║ │
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│║ Oh, and before I close. The track immediately ║ │
│║ after the final instrumental is, rather ║ │
│║ inexplicably, a Megadeth cover. And a cover of a ║ │
│║ song on Endgame, at that. Now its hard to ║ │
│║ imagine why the band would even think of doing ║ │
│║ this, and that's all I can say about it. The two ║ │
│║ tracks after it too are rather sub-par, and I ║ │
│║ guess this is in keeping with the long tradition ║ │
│║ of tacking on needless filler at the end of ║ │
│║ albums. But that makes it that much easier to ║ │
│║ just press eject and I won't really be deducting ║ │
│║ much from the score on its account. ║ │
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│║ Tony Martin - Vocals ║ │
│║ Aldo Giuntini - Guitars ║ │
│║ Fulvio Gaslini - Bass ║ │
│║ Ezio Secomandi - Drums ║ │
│║ Dario Patti - Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Perfect Sorrow [03:08] │
│ 02 - Born In The Underworld [05:18] │
│ 03 - Shadow Of The Stone [03:58] │
│ 04 - Cured [04:09] │
│ 05 - I Don┤t Believe In Fortune [04:03] │
│ 06 - If The Dream Comes True [04:46] │
│ 07 - The Rise And Fall Of Barry Lyndon [04:33] │
│ 08 - Bring On The Night [04:20] │
│ 09 - Not The Jealous Kind [04:33] │
│ 10 - Saint Of Sinner [03:59] │
│ 11 - Last Station: Nightmare [05:19] │
│ 12 - How The Story Ends [04:24] │
│ 13 - Truth Never Lie [05:14] │
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│ Total Length : [57:44 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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