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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Mad Hatter┤s Den - Welcome To The Den + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-25-2013 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.madhattersden.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Mad Hatter┤s Den Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Welcome To The Den Label : Inverse ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Finland's Mad Hatter's Den arrived last year to ║ │
│║ give the Scandinavian melodic metal scene a shot ║ │
│║ in the arm. Their short EP Dark Wheel was a fine ║ │
│║ measure of classic melodic heavy and power ║ │
│║ metal, showing the band's promise. The promise ║ │
│║ is fulfilled with their first long player, ║ │
│║ Welcome to the Den. ║ │
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│║ Now, to be accurate, there are ten tracks. Of ║ │
│║ the ten, two, Shadow Lord (listen below) and The ║ │
│║ Dark Wheel, are from last year's EP. Of the ║ │
│║ rest, one is an 'Introduction,' which we can ║ │
│║ summarily dismiss. one is an instrumental, ║ │
│║ Legacy of the Kings, where keyboard player Petja ║ │
│║ Puumalainen basically shows off his fancy synth ║ │
│║ skills. It's quite impressive. The remaining ║ │
│║ songs are vocal arrangements where, once again, ║ │
│║ Taage Laiho proves he's a solid melodic metal ║ │
│║ singer, even if his lyrics are quirky and ║ │
│║ peculiar at times. ║ │
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│║ Here then is a breakdown, albeit somewhat brief, ║ │
│║ of some of the songs. One of the heaviest ║ │
│║ numbers is Stone Cold Flame which begins with a ║ │
│║ flurry of guitars and drums, and then moves into ║ │
│║ this deep toned song that reminds of mid period ║ │
│║ Dio. The title track is a blistering full-tilt ║ │
│║ power metal number with the synth layer and ║ │
│║ drums giving a bombastic color. It's also the ║ │
│║ only song that doesn't have pronounced guitar ║ │
│║ solo. Odd. ║ │
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│║ Blind Leading The Blind applies a true rock ║ │
│║ groove to the melodic metal allowing you tap ║ │
│║ your toe while you bang your head. It has a very ║ │
│║ nice guitar solo. Sinister Monologue is another ║ │
│║ tune with sharp guitars and big drums at the ║ │
│║ start, and they basically rule the song, ║ │
│║ excepting that bit of old school Hammond near ║ │
│║ the three-quarter mark. Nice. Finally, there's ║ │
│║ Journey, MHD's first real attempt at a metal ║ │
│║ anthem/ballad; it's adequate and a bit quaint ║ │
│║ with the pseudo-motivational lyrics, but I think ║ │
│║ they can do better. ║ │
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│║ And Mad Hatter's Den will likely only keep ║ │
│║ getting better based on the quality melodic ║ │
│║ metal within Welcome to the Den. Easily ║ │
│║ recommended. ║ │
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│║ LINE-UP ║ │
│║ Taage Laiho: vocals ║ │
│║ Jaakko Hanninen: guitar ║ │
│║ Kari Korhonen: guitar ║ │
│║ Harri Hautsalo: bass ║ │
│║ Tapio Korkeila: drums ║ │
│║ Petja Puumalainen: keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Introduction [00:35] │
│ 02 - Welcome To The Den [04:17] │
│ 03 - Blind Leadind The Blind [03:43] │
│ 04 - Shadow Lord [04:56] │
│ 05 - Sinister Monologue [07:56] │
│ 06 - Journey [06:19] │
│ 07 - Legacy Of The Kings [05:42] │
│ 08 - Sharks Of Power [05:16] │
│ 09 - The Dark Wheel [05:49] │
│ 10 - Stone Cold Flame [05:05] │
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│ Total Length : [49:38 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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