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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-05-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2002 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.thegreybanner.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Dragonland Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Holy War (Jap. Ed) Label : Hot Rockin┤ ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Man, I feel like I just had a fistful of cheddar ║ │
│║ cheese stuffed down my throat. After an overlong ║ │
│║ intro which takes you through a time warp, ║ │
│║ colors swirling 'round your head, you're ║ │
│║ immediately dropped into the world of ║ │
│║ Dragonland, with furiously intricate guitar ║ │
│║ melodies and keys slamming into you like pro ║ │
│║ wrestlers on crack, double bass drums beating ║ │
│║ and pounding as fast as a dragon's wings in the ║ │
│║ wind, and with Jonas Heidgert's charismatic ║ │
│║ saccharine-sweet wail narrating the whole ║ │
│║ journey. With a meatier guitar tone than their ║ │
│║ obvious influences in Rhapsody, Dragonland storm ║ │
│║ forth with their sophomore effort of fluffy ║ │
│║ sympho-Power Metal, middle finger defiantly in ║ │
│║ the face of all those who mock such "cheesy, gay ║ │
│║ pussy Metal." ║ │
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│║ This is very, very energetic and enthusiastic ║ │
│║ stuff, and going back to it for this review, I ║ │
│║ was surprised at how damn good it sounded, even ║ │
│║ in the face of the band's stunning progression ║ │
│║ as of late. Jonas Heidgert deserves another ║ │
│║ mention, for he stands out as quite a good ║ │
│║ vocalist here, and he really doesn't sound like ║ │
│║ anyone else on the planet. Very unique tone and ║ │
│║ delivery. The songwriting is spot on, with a lot ║ │
│║ of really great tunes like "The Majesty of ║ │
│║ Mithrill Mountains" and "Through Elven Woods and ║ │
│║ Dwarven Mines" knocking your teeth out with ║ │
│║ crystalline synths and riveting guitar lines ║ │
│║ that seem to set the world ablaze (fuck, just ║ │
│║ listen to the first few seconds of the former ║ │
│║ for proof!), and every musician here is playing ║ │
│║ at his finest level. They can even slow down for ║ │
│║ a more midpaced, epic groove, as shown on the ║ │
│║ great "Calm Before the Storm," and here you can ║ │
│║ also see the brilliant, colorful progressive ║ │
│║ maelstrom that they would soon become. ║ │
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│║ Dragonland have created an agreeable and ║ │
│║ extremely enjoyable Power Metal album here, ║ │
│║ overflowing with pomp, pride and of course a ║ │
│║ healthy helping of the cheddar stuff. They are ║ │
│║ completely shameless about their high fantasy ║ │
│║ stylings, and I like that, gives the music a ║ │
│║ very authentic, youthful feeling that a lot of ║ │
│║ bands miss out on these days. Get this if you're ║ │
│║ a fan of this sort of music, and even if you ║ │
│║ aren't, you might still be able to find ║ │
│║ something of interest here - Dragonland do this ║ │
│║ better than most bands of their ilk. ║ │
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│║ Jonas Heidgert - Vocals, Drums ║ │
│║ Christer Pedersen - Bass ║ │
│║ Elias Holmlid - Keyboards, Piano ║ │
│║ Olle Morck - Guitars ║ │
│║ Nicklas Magnusson - Guitars (lead) ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Hundred Years Have Passed [02:24] │
│ 02 - Majesty Of The Mithril Mountains [05:29] │
│ 03 - Through Elven Woods And Dwarven Mines [05:33] │
│ 04 - Holy War [06:48] │
│ 05 - Calm Before The Storm [04:49] │
│ 06 - The Return To The Ivory Plains [06:05] │
│ 07 - Forever Walking Alone [04:56] │
│ 08 - Blazing Hate [05:16] │
│ 09 - A Thousand Points Of Light [06:02] │
│ 10 - One With All [04:27] │
│ 11 - Neverending Story (Bonus Track) [03:03] │
│ 12 - Allemande (Bonus Track) [01:05] │
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│ Total Length : [55:57 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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