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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Empty Tremor - The Alien Inside (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-23-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2004 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.emptytremor.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Empty Tremor Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Alien Inside (Jap. Ed.) Label : Frontiers ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Some people I know jokingly refer to prog. metal ║ │
│║ as "The Village People" of metal genres. All the ║ │
│║ goofy imagery of Indians and policemen aside, ║ │
│║ there is some truth to this both in the case of ║ │
│║ the instrumentation, style, and line-ups of many ║ │
│║ bands under the progressive sub-genre. In the ║ │
│║ case of Empty Tremor, most of this is found in ║ │
│║ the stylistic aspects of their situation, ║ │
│║ although Oliver Hartmann being in a project like ║ │
│║ this in the aftermath of 80s power metal acts ║ │
│║ such as At Vance, Magic Kingdom, and Iron Mask ║ │
│║ is a bit interesting as his gravely yet chorally ║ │
│║ adept voice can turn a 3 voice harmony of a ║ │
│║ musical refrain into an anthem of triumph. ║ │
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│║ ôThe Alien Insideö is a rather well realized ║ │
│║ concept album in the vain of late 80s/early 90s ║ │
│║ Dream Theatre and Fates Warning, although with a ║ │
│║ little bit more rock influences than jazz or ║ │
│║ classical. The songs tend to be long in length, ║ │
│║ often going through a good deal of change-ups ║ │
│║ that often seem to come out of nowhere, and are ║ │
│║ loaded with differing sound timbres. The guitar ║ │
│║ work is fairly standard for this genre, mostly ║ │
│║ going for the thematic and melodic tendencies of ║ │
│║ the Fates Warning approach rather than John ║ │
│║ PetrucciÆs wild displays of virtuosity. ║ │
│║ Likewise, the choruses (where Hartmann really ║ │
│║ shines) are catchy and placed in an idiomatic ║ │
│║ matter that makes even the 9 minute songs listen ║ │
│║ more like songs than compositions, unlike later ║ │
│║ 90s and early 2000s work by Fates Warning. ║ │
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│║ The most metal sounding songs on here are the ║ │
│║ opening title track and quasi-speed metal track ║ │
│║ ôThe love IÆve never hadö. The riffs in both ║ │
│║ songs tend towards an odd-timed groove approach ║ │
│║ not all that dissimilar to what was heard on ║ │
│║ Symphony XÆs ôThe Odysseyö, although not quite ║ │
│║ as heavy. Keyboard work is mostly used for ║ │
│║ atmosphere, although a nice little Kevin Moore- ║ │
│║ like solo can be heard on the opening of ôI ║ │
│║ Found Youö. Every musician on here does an ║ │
│║ adequate job for the genre, but the one element ║ │
│║ that really puts it above average fair is ║ │
│║ HartmannÆs versatile vocal approach, ranging ║ │
│║ from some raunchy Jeff Scott Soto work to easy ║ │
│║ going lower and mid-range clean singing, ║ │
│║ particularly on ôStayö. ║ │
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│║ This is a good deal different from most of the ║ │
│║ projects Hartmann has been associated with so ║ │
│║ fans of At Vance and other power metal acts heÆs ║ │
│║ been involved with may or may not go for this. ║ │
│║ Its true target audience is likely fans of Dream ║ │
│║ Theatre who maybe wish that James LaBrie had a ║ │
│║ huskier voice and a wider range, and ║ │
│║ disenfranchised fans of Fates Warning who liked ║ │
│║ everything from Perfect Symmetry to Inside Out ║ │
│║ but have trouble with most of the avant garde ║ │
│║ stuff theyÆve done since. You will probably want ║ │
│║ to get those albums and Images and Words first ║ │
│║ because they are a bit better, but this is a ║ │
│║ worthy purchase for anyone who likes a little ║ │
│║ rock with their prog. ║ │
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│║ Oliver Hartmann - Vocals ║ │
│║ Daniele Liverani - Keyboards ║ │
│║ Stefano Ruzzi - Drums ║ │
│║ Marco Guerrini - Guitars ║ │
│║ Christian Tombetti - Guitars ║ │
│║ Dennis Randi - Bass ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Alien Inside [09:39] │
│ 02 - I Found You [07:11] │
│ 03 - A New World [05:33] │
│ 04 - Who You Really Are [08:22] │
│ 05 - Don't Stop Me [09:35] │
│ 06 - Stay [04:21] │
│ 07 - The Love I've Never Had [08:47] │
│ 08 - The Alien Outside [06:29] │
│ 09 - Waiting For You (Bonus Track) [04:45] │
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│ Total Length : [64:42 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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