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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Sacred Blade - Of The Sun + Moon + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-12-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1999 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... http://www.othyrworld.com/ ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Sacred Blade Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Of The Sun + Moon Label : Othyr World Re ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ http://www.othyrworld.com/sacred_blade ║ │
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│║ Can you say "Top 10 Power Metal Album Of All ║ │
│║ Bloody Time"? It is not, in any way, an ║ │
│║ exaggeration on my part when I hold this aloft ║ │
│║ as one of the foremost hallmarks of forward- ║ │
│║ thinking, stunningly intelligent, seizingly lush ║ │
│║ heavy fucking metal, for though it's not often ║ │
│║ placed in the esteemed company of Fates Warning, ║ │
│║ Savatage, Manilla Road, Jag Panzer and other ║ │
│║ such en vogue contemporaries, this very much ║ │
│║ holds its own against any of its more popular ║ │
│║ competition. "Of The Sun + Moon"'s continued ║ │
│║ longevity amongst '80s metal mavens only affirms ║ │
│║ its assured immortality in the annals of prog- ║ │
│║ soaked, timeless heavy rock. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Stylistically, one could perhaps suggest ║ │
│║ parallels to Mercyful Fate and Tyrus, though ║ │
│║ Sacred Blade were always FAR more polished and ║ │
│║ consistent than the latter. The similarities to ║ │
│║ Mercyful Fate surface in their unabashed, ║ │
│║ unashamed worship of Captain Beyond, and the ║ │
│║ regularity with which this affinity surfaces in ║ │
│║ their inventive, challenging brand of mercurial ║ │
│║ metal. What this all means, of course, is ║ │
│║ unorthodox, active and shifting song structures, ║ │
│║ coupling daring musicianship with clever rhythms ║ │
│║ and a seamless continuity that melds all these ║ │
│║ elements into one cohesive, homogenous whole. ║ │
│║ From Captain Beyond, Sacred Blade has inherited ║ │
│║ the interstellar fixations of "Thousand Days Of ║ │
│║ Yesterdays", "As The Moon Speaks (To The Waves ║ │
│║ Of The Sea)" and the like, as well as the zero- ║ │
│║ gravity weightlessness and liquid amorphousness ║ │
│║ of their music, the entire album resembling an ║ │
│║ exploratory journey through the infinite cosmos. ║ │
│║ Indeed, much like the REVOLUTIONARY Captain ║ │
│║ Beyond debut did (one of the best albums ever, ║ │
│║ make no mistake, and a huge influence on me), ║ │
│║ the songs bleed into each other here, the entire ║ │
│║ album constituting one organic BODY of work, as ║ │
│║ opposed to a bunch of individually separable ║ │
│║ songs that merely share a common thematic focus. ║ │
│║ Everything FLOWS beautifully here, and the album ║ │
│║ MUST be ingested in one complete sitting, ║ │
│║ without omissions. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Part of the album's unmistakable atmosphere ║ │
│║ hinges on the production: lots of reverb on ║ │
│║ everything, particularly the drums, which gives ║ │
│║ everything a distinct, outerspace feel, as ║ │
│║ though these sounds are being thrust like ║ │
│║ asteroids from a cosmic vacuum. Witness, too, ║ │
│║ the sheer HEFT of some of the riffing here: ║ │
│║ "Fieldz The Sunshrine" really does open with one ║ │
│║ of the most MASSIVE riffs I've had the pleasure ║ │
│║ to hear in all my years... it's all remarkably ║ │
│║ simple and somewhat obvious, but it all works ║ │
│║ beautifully. The shooting star surge that ║ │
│║ propels "Of The Sun+Moon" is also particularly ║ │
│║ noteworthy, starting off our intergalactic ║ │
│║ expedition at warpspeed hyperdrive, stopping at ║ │
│║ odd moments for us to gander at the craterous ║ │
│║ forms that hover beside us (and, of course, for ║ │
│║ Jeff to deliver the hook). "Salem" introduces ║ │
│║ itself with an ominous spell of lead guitar, ║ │
│║ before swelling into what is certainly the most ║ │
│║ traditionally-minded and most typically "metal" ║ │
│║ offering here, sprinting away at a commendable ║ │
│║ pace and exhibiting more single-mindedness than ║ │
│║ any of the other numbers here. The name of the ║ │
│║ game here is rumble'n'tumble Euro-flavored speed ║ │
│║ metal, peppered with Jeff's audacious shrieks ║ │
│║ (if you've heard the band's turn on "Metal ║ │
│║ Massacre", you bloody well know what I'm talking ║ │
│║ about!). Jeff and the lads steering us through a ║ │
│║ spot of turbulence before the more mid-paced ║ │
│║ churn of "Legacy", a quasi-doom, riff-centered ║ │
│║ piece.s ║ │
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│║ The rich acoustic interlude of "To Lunar ║ │
│║ Windz..." provides an eloquent segue into the ║ │
│║ "Raging River Of Fear"- on-serious-amphetamines ║ │
│║ -and-a-"Stained-Class"-binge of "The ║ │
│║ Enlightenment", a leftfield, accelerated blues- ║ │
│║ soaked main riff catapulted through the stars, ║ │
│║ gathering momentum until it assumes the guise of ║ │
│║ a flaming comet, blazing through the night sky ║ │
│║ with a radiant, double-bass-fuelled thrash ║ │
│║ ferocity. "In Light Of The Moon" merely serves ║ │
│║ to buttress and confirm what has already been ║ │
│║ asserted with undeniable insistence from the ║ │
│║ beginning- that this is attention-deficient ║ │
│║ wizardry, as defiantly and vastly unpredictable ║ │
│║ as the infinity of space. Rollicking, furious ║ │
│║ riffing announces itself at the beginning, ║ │
│║ paving the way for numerous out-of-bloody- ║ │
│║ nowhere sections that bring parallels to the ║ │
│║ similarly-unhinged Mercyful Fate to the fore. ║ │
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│║ All this, of course, could not hope to suggest ║ │
│║ the grandiose, spacey-bordering-on-psychedelic 8 ║ │
│║ minute instrumental "Moon", a musical ║ │
│║ observation of the moon in orbit, and an ║ │
│║ astounding distillation of all the elements that ║ │
│║ have distinguished Sacred Blade as architects of ║ │
│║ transcendental art: outstanding musicianship, ║ │
│║ sincere delivery, imaginative ║ │
│║ conception/execution and an attention to detail ║ │
│║ and shade that eludes so many lesser bands. The ║ │
│║ repetitiousness of the groove here, driven and ║ │
│║ consolidated by the rhythm section serves as ║ │
│║ perfect foil for the two guitars to veer into ║ │
│║ otherworldly dimensions, sketching unimaginably ║ │
│║ brilliant shapes in spiraling vortex of space. ║ │
│║ Solos are GORGEOUS here, and really cap the ║ │
│║ whole affair off with style. ║ │
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│║ For those of you not in the know, Sacred Blade ║ │
│║ are now Othyrworld, and have released an album ║ │
│║ that is largely composed of re-recorded material ║ │
│║ from this very monument. The fact that they ║ │
│║ could easily present the re-recordings as new ║ │
│║ material attests to the sheer timelessness of ║ │
│║ this record. Like their idols Captain Beyond, ║ │
│║ the band strove to sculpt a work that defied ║ │
│║ expectations and such superficial whims as time ║ │
│║ and gravity. "Of The Sun + Moon" has a ║ │
│║ metaphysical aura that exists outside such ║ │
│║ constraints, and is a magical journey you will ║ │
│║ revisit over and over again. Necessary. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Jeff "The Pilot" Ulmer - vocalz, guitarz, piano, ║ │
│║ organ, percussion, fx ║ │
│║ Will "Nascar" Rascan - guitarz, barx ║ │
│║ Jamez "Zed" Channing - bass ║ │
│║ Paul "Pol" Davis - drumz, percussion ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Shotest Song [00:04] │
│ 02 - Ayltuthus I [00:32] │
│ 03 - Of The Sun + Moon [04:27] │
│ 04 - Fieldz The Sunshrine [04:28] │
│ 05 - Salem [04:12] │
│ 06 - The Reign Of Night Rainz [01:00] │
│ 07 - Legacy [04:27] │
│ 08 - To Lunar Windz... [03:29] │
│ 09 - The Enlightenment/Maser Of The SUN [06:55] │
│ 10 - The Pressing [03:10] │
│ 11 - In Light Of The Moon [03:08] │
│ 12 - Moon [08:11] │
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│ Total Length : [44:03 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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