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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-27-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.empyrios.it ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Empyrios Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Zion Label : Scarlet ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I was looking at this group's name trying to ║ │
│║ recall where I had seen it before. Then it ║ │
│║ clicked that I actually have Empyrios's last ║ │
│║ album "The Glorious Sickness" from 2008 and what ║ │
│║ a killer metal release it is. As a fan of bands ║ │
│║ like Scar Symmetry and Nevermore when I first ║ │
│║ saw Empyrios mentioned and the upbeat reviews ║ │
│║ that this band had received I was eager to give ║ │
│║ them a go. Empyrios's songs aren't for the faint ║ │
│║ hearted packed with heaviness, intensity and ║ │
│║ complexity with both clean vocals and growls and ║ │
│║ they still retain that catchy feel. ║ │
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│║ I recall thinking that perhaps this group no ║ │
│║ long existed, but as it turns out Empyrio's ║ │
│║ members have been very active with commitments ║ │
│║ to other bands. Like founder guitarist Simone ║ │
│║ Mularoni of metal group DGM hence the time ║ │
│║ between releases, so it is great to now see ║ │
│║ another release. After that very positive ║ │
│║ impression that "The Glorious Sickness" had left ║ │
│║ with me, it was with much enthusiasm that I ║ │
│║ started to delve into the futuristic themed ║ │
│║ songs of Empyrios's new album regarding "the ║ │
│║ realm of ZION". And I soon found out what a ║ │
│║ truly intense recording this is, the members of ║ │
│║ Empyrios have stepped up and played their parts ║ │
│║ in recording a shattering release. ║ │
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│║ Empyrios have recorded such an almighty sounding ║ │
│║ album with "Zion" as they open with "Nescience" ║ │
│║ sounding like Meshuggah meets Strapping Young ║ │
│║ Lad. This volatile technical metal crusher is ║ │
│║ impressively executed by a group in total ║ │
│║ command and their instruments have been captured ║ │
│║ with such an utterly immense sound. Empyrios ║ │
│║ don't back down performing further vigorous ║ │
│║ music on "Domino" keeping the band extremely ║ │
│║ busy, "Reverie" flows with more heavy odd time ║ │
│║ patterns. "Unplugged" is a deceiving title as ║ │
│║ the power is still in play for Empyrios when the ║ │
│║ onslaught of drums and bass provides the ║ │
│║ crushing foundations once again for more ║ │
│║ ferocious guitar work. Throughout the remainder ║ │
│║ of "Zion" the band continues to shows their many ║ │
│║ talents, and as I wrote above the vocals are a ║ │
│║ mixture like you find so popular with many heavy ║ │
│║ bands. Ranging from a clean melodic style to ║ │
│║ that growling kind and utilised most ║ │
│║ appropriately. ║ │
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│║ Simone Mularoni is on a roll in 2013 showing his ║ │
│║ diversity after DGM's fantastic new album ║ │
│║ "Momentum", as style wise the sheer intensity of ║ │
│║ "Zion" makes this a way different beast to the ║ │
│║ progressive power metal of "Momentum". ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Silvio Mancini - vocals ║ │
│║ Simone Mularoni - guitars & programming ║ │
│║ Simone Bertozzi - bass & vocals ║ │
│║ Dario Ciccioni - drums ║ │
│║ ******s ║ │
│║ Manuel Guerrieri - guest vocals on 2 ║ │
│║ Guillaume Bideau - guest vocals on 8 ║ │
│║ Dualized - samples and synths on 1-5 & 7 ║ │
│║ Emanuele Casali - keyboards on 9 ║ │
│║ Andrea Bana Anastasi - programming on 10 ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Nescience [04:01] │
│ 02 - Domino [04:41] │
│ 03 - Masters [05:13] │
│ 04 - Reverie [04:12] │
│ 05 - Unplugged [04:18] │
│ 06 - Renovation [04:51] │
│ 07 - Wormhole [04:21] │
│ 08 - Square One [05:21] │
│ 09 - Zion [06:00] │
│ 10 - Blackmail [05:05] │
│ 11 - Madman [04:03] │
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│ Total Length : [52:06 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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